Angell v. Hill
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from Otsego county court. Action in justice court by James M. Angelí against Barnet N. Hill. From a judgment of'the county court reversing a judgment of the justice court in favor of plaintiff, plaintiff appeals. •The action was for trespass by defendant’s cattle going upon the plaintiff’s land, and injuring his crops of corn. The plaintiff’s lands were situated in the town of New Berlin, Chenango county.
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Appeal from Otsego county court. Action in justice court by James M. Angelí against Barnet N. Hill. From a judgment of'the county court reversing a judgment of the justice court in favor of plaintiff, plaintiff appeals. •The action was for trespass by defendant’s cattle going upon the plaintiff’s land, and injuring his crops of corn. The plaintiff’s lands were situated in the town of New Berlin, Chenango county. The defendant’s, which adjoined the plaintiff’s, were situated in the town of Pittsfield, Otsego county. The plaintiff’s lands are bounded on the east by the Unadilla river, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This action was for damages to plaintiff’s field of corn, committed by the defendant’s cattle in the years 1886 and 1887. It was tried in a justice’s court, where the plaintiff had judgment for $20 damages, with costs. From that judgment an appeal was taken to the county court, and the judgment reversed. The grounds of such reversal are unknown, as no opinion or memorandum was made by the learned county judge. The respondent, however, seeks to uphold the judgment upon the grounds (1) that it was the duty of the plaintiff to build and maintain a proper partition fence between the lands of the…
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