Commonwealth v. Dougherty
Commonwealth v. Dougherty
Opinion of the Court
This complaint cannot be maintained under St. 1846, c. 52, entitled “ an act concerning wilful and malicious injuries to personal property in certain cases,” because it does not show that the cabbages were personal property. They may .have been so growing upon the land as to be part of the realty, and the terms of the complaint imply that they were so.
The complaint seems rather to have been- intended to be framed upon St. 1855, c. 457, which provides that “ every person who shall wilfully and maliciously enter any orchard, nursery,
Judgment arrested.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Commonwealth v. Michael Dougherty
- Status
- Published