Nelson v. Burt

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Nelson v. Burt

15 Mass. 203

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedJuly 15, 1818

StatusPublished

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Nelson v. Burt, 15 Mass. 203 (Mass. 1818).

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Opinion

Per Curiam.

The plaintiff had a right to waive her demand foi [191]*191the trespass done to her close, and sue only for the value of, the property taken, in trover. If the defendant * was in fact a trespasser in entering the close, and cutting down the corn, the property of the corn, when cut, was in the plaintiff, and the taking it away was a wrong, for which the actio?' of trover well lay.

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Per Curiam.

The plaintiff had a right to waive her demand foi [191]*191the trespass done to her close, and sue only for the value of, the property taken, in trover. If the defendant * was in fact a trespasser in entering the close, and cutting down the corn, the property of the corn, when cut, was in the plaintiff, and the taking it away was a wrong, for which the actio?' of trover well lay.

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