Black v. Mace
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
ÜN EXCEPTIONS. TRESPASS. Writ dated September 21st, 1874. Ad damnum 8300. Declaration. In a plea of trespass, for that, at said Aurora, on the first day of June last past, and on divers other days and times between said first day of June and the day of the date of this writ, the said defendant entered on certain grass land of the said plaintiff, situated in said Aurora, to wit: on the north ninety-one acres of lottery lot No. 10, said north ninety-one acres being known as…
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ÜN EXCEPTIONS. TRESPASS. Writ dated September 21st, 1874. Ad damnum 8300. Declaration. In a plea of trespass, for that, at said Aurora, on the first day of June last past, and on divers other days and times between said first day of June and the day of the date of this writ, the said defendant entered on certain grass land of the said plaintiff, situated in said Aurora, to wit: on the north ninety-one acres of lottery lot No. 10, said north ninety-one acres being known as the Chatterly place, and did take from said grass land without the permission of the owner, a large quantity of grass, to…
1Opinion of the Court
Barrows, j.
The defendant complains of the order directing judgment to be entered up for treble the damages found by the jury, because he says the declaration sets forth no such claim, and does not refer to the statute by which treble damages are given, nor claim statute damages for the acts complained of. But the plaintiff did allege, substantially in the language of the statute, the doing by the defendant of the very acts for which B. S., c. 95, § 11, gives the injured party the right to recover in an action of trespass a sum equal to three times the value of the property taken ; and he…
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