Barnes v. Jones

By the Court, Crockett, J.:

The action is to recover treble damages for a trespass ' committed on the plaintiff’s land, by cutting down a large number of trees growing thereon; and is founded on section two hundred and fifty-one of the former Practice Act, which provides, in substance, that if any person shall cut down, girdle or injure any tree or timber on the land of another, or on the street or highway in front of another’s house, village or city lot, or on the commons or public grounds of any city or town, or on the street in front thereof, “without lawful authority,” he shall be liable…