Bigelow v. Shaw

This action was brought in justice’s court to recover damages against the defendants for entering upon a frozen mill-pond upon her lands, and cutting and removing ice during the winter of 1884 and 1885. The defendants gave notice that the title to the land would come in question, and filed the bond required by the statute in such case. Thereupon the justice certified the cause to the circuit court for the county of Mecosta, where a trial was had, and judgment rendered for the plaintiff for the sum of $50.

The circuit judge, Hon. C. C. Fuller, filed a written finding of the facts upon which he…