McCully v. Bessey

This is a trover action to recover the value of 250 cords of pulpwood alleged to have been taken by the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1,208.12. The case is before the Law Court on general motion for new trial, and also on exceptions to the admission of certain evidence and for refusal to direct a verdict.

The record shows that in May 1943 one Archie M. Kent, by warranty deed, conveyed to Mrs. Leslie Dodge a three years right to cut the wood growing on a tract of land in Benton, Maine. Later, Leslie Dodge arranged to sell some of the wood to Clarence F.…