Green v. Boody

Green and others commenced an action to recover damages occasioned by an alleged trespass committed by Boody and others upon the land of the plaintiffs, on which were situate mills, machinery, &c. The plaintiffs alleged that they were, and for many years had been, the owners, and in possession of the land, mills, &c.; that while they were thus owners and possessors, the defendants, unlawfully and forcibly, *11entered upon said land, mills, &e., to-wit: on the 1st day of April, 1858, and on divers other days, &c., before the commencement of this suit, “and dug up the soil, excavated pitts, raised…