Legal Opinion
Lawrence v. O'Neill
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 7, 1944PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
In this action of tort the declaration is in two counts. Count 1 in trespass alleges that the defendant entered on land of the plaintiff on Pleasant Street, Milton, and “cut down trees thereon and took and carried the trees away, thereby diminishing the value of the land.” Count 2 is for the conversion of “trees, and timber, the property of the plaintiff which the defendant took and carried away” from the land described in the first count. The answer sets up an oral license. The case was tried before a judge of the Superior Court sitting without jury. At the close of the evidence the…
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