Whitman Et Ux. v. Lowe

The complaint is tort, under G. L. 6956, for the recovery of treble damages for cutting timber. Trial by jury, verdict for plaintiffs for $181.00 actual damages. By a special verdict the jury failed to find that defendant acted through mistake or had good reason to believe that he had a right to cut the timber in question. Judgment on verdict for treble damages.

The case comes here on exception by defendant to the overruling of his motion for a directed verdict, to the refusal of the court to set aside the verdict, to the charge of the court, to the admission and exclusion of evidence taken…