Dashiell v. Slingerland

Thornton, J.:

The plaintiff brought this action to recover of defendant damages for a trespass on his land, and tearing down and removing a fence therefrom, and leaving his pasture land uninclosed, whereby he avers that he has suffered damage to the amount of nine hundred dollars. The defendant in his answer admitted the title of the plaintiff to the land on which the wrongs are alleged to have been committed. On the trial the jury rendered a verdict for plaintiff for two hundred dollars, on which judgment was accordingly entered. The defendant moved for a new trial, which was denied, and *654he…