Hurley v. Hurley
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Buchanan county in an action of trover, brought by the vendee of standing trees against his vendor, who had cut and removed them. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This is an action of trover, brought by the plaintiff in error, Eli Hurley, to recover of the defendant in error, James H. Hurley, damages for cutting down, and converting to his own use certain standing trees alleged to be the property of the plaintiff in error.
Hpon the trial the plaintiff offered to prove that in the year 1892 he purchased from the defendant by parol contract the trees in the declaration mentioned, paying the purchase price in full, and impressed or marked the trees which at the time were standing and growing upon the land of the defendant with his (the plaintiff’s) brand…
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