Nitz v. Bolton

The record in this case is very imperfect. It contains no evidence on the part of the plaintiff showing any possession of the defendants at the time the writ-was issued.

Plaintiff trespassed upon the lands of the defendants, and cut the pine timber therefrom; and this Court held in 71 Mich. 388. that under the circumstances the plaintiff could not be considered as having acted in good faith. Defendant Bolton testified that, when he learned of the trespass, he took an inspector, Mr. Burthwick, with him, and went over the land, and found some of the logs on the skidways; that Burthwick scaled…