White v. LeClerc

OPINION

BEVILACQUA, Chief Justice.

This case comes before us on the third appeal from a judgment awarding the plaintiffs Frederick and Anna White $4,500 compensatory damages for four oak trees that were cut and carried away from their property. 1 The parties agree that the trees were situated on the plaintiffs’ land and that the defendants, Alfred and Madeline LeClerc, innocently yet mistakenly thought that the trees were located on their land when they ordered them cut. 2 The sole issue before this court is whether the trial justice properly considered the evidence in awarding damages.

The…