Eldridge v. Gorman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for wrongfully cutting oak and chestnut trees on the land of the plaintiff, and for an injunction against any further cutting, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County, Peck, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHall, J.
The complaint, dated April 6th, 1901, as amended, alleges that on October 1st, 1898, the plaintiffs were the owners of a described tract of land in the town of Manchester containing sixty acres more or less, upon which was growing a large amount of pine, chestnut, and oak trees ; that a portion of the pine trees were on said day sold to the defendant, with authority to enter upon said land and cut and remove them; that on said day and on divers days since, the defendant, without authority, entered upon said land and cut down four hundred of said chestnut and oak trees, and carried a part of…
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