Sullivan v. Carberry

The female plaintiff having purchased a .house, moved it on to the land of William Freeman, but without his consent. The placing the house on the land of another, without consent, was a trespass. The building, therefore, prima facie, became the property of the owner of the soil. Bonney v. Foss, 62 Maine, 248. Thayer v. Wright, 4 Denio, 180. Ritchmeyer v. Morss, 3 Keyes, 349. Cleaver v. Culloden, 15 Up. Can. Q. B. 582.

William Freeman conveyed the premises upon which the house stood to the defendant Carberry, who brought an action for use and occupation against plaintiff on which he recovered…