Ruth v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County : This was an action brought by the appellees against the appellant to recover certain penalties for the cutting down of a boundary tree in violation of the- Act of. 1722, ch. S. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Exception.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court for Harford County : This was an action brought by the appellees against the appellant to recover certain penalties for the cutting down of a boundary tree in violation of the- Act of. 1722, ch. S. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Exception. At the trial of the cause the plaintiffs proved that in 1835, one Griffith sold and conveyed to George Kennard four or five acres of land by two deeds, described in the deeds as part of a tract called “Gravelly Bottom/'’ and that the black oak tree mentioned in said deeds as a boundary, was cut and destroyed by the…
1Opinion of the CourtBowie, C. J.
This action was instituted by the appellees against the appellant, for the recovery of certain penalties under the Act of 1722, ch. 8, entitled, “An Act for preventing the destroying of boundaries, or bounded trees, and the bounding of trees, or setting up of boundaries, without lawful authority.”
At the trial.of the cause below, after the evidence had been submitted and closed, the appellant presented four prayers, involving the interpretation of this Act. A judgment for the plaintiff was entered pro formo., that the case might be brought up to this Court, where no exception has been taken in…
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