Tuttle v. White

Plaintiff recovered judgment in the court; below for the value of logs taken from his land by defendants. Defendants relied on the purchase of the logs in the tree from parties who held an old tax title. This tax title it seems to be conceded on all sides was void ; but defendants insist that it should be taken into, the account for its bearing on the damages; the case being one in which the good faith of the parties might be taken into account by the jury. They therefore offered evidence which they claim tended to show that this title was investigated by counsel and pronounced good before…