State v. Bonness
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Appeal by defendants from an order of the district court for Hubbard county, McClenahan, J., overruling their demurrer to the complaint.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
This is an action under the provisions of section 7,- chapter 163, p. 352, L,aws_1895, to recover aggravated damages for timber belonging to the state taken and converted by the defendants.
The complaint alleges two causes of action for wilful trespasses committed by the defendants in entering upon the lands therein described in the winter of 1902 and 1903 and carrying away therefrom the pine timber of the aggregate actual value of $931.32, to the damage of the state in the sum of $2,793.96; that is, for treble the actual value of the timber. The defendants demurred to the complaint on the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State v. BuckmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1905
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