Herford v. Schulte
Herford v. Schulte
Opinion of the Court
Action for taking and converting four tons of hay, which the plaintiff had cut and placed in his barn, from which it was taken by defendant. Each party claims that the hay was cut on his land, and therefore the hay was his. There was no question of title to real estate in the case. At the opening of the trial it was mutually admitted that plaintiff owned one tract of land, and the defendant another and adjoining tract. The only question in the case was, on which tract was the hay cut ?
The testimony of plaintiff, that he cut it in the immediate vicinity of and surrounding his barn; and that of the surveyor, that he had made a survey to ascertain the line dividing the two tracts, and that the land surrounding the barn upon which he saw hay had been cut was part of defendant’s tract, — shows clearly that the hay was cut on defendant’s land, and consequently belonged to him. Lindsay v.
Judgment reversed, and a new trial ordered.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- August Herford v. Anton Schulte
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