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Ch.2] TRESPASS.
IT Leame v. Bray, S East, 593; Strohl v. Levan, 39 PIl. St. 177; Turner.,.
Hawkins, 1 Bos. & P. 472; Claflin v. Wilcox, 18 Vt. 605: Wilson v. SmIth, 10
Wend. ~. Y.) 324; McAllister v. Howard, 6 Cow. (N. Y.) 342; Wllliams v.
Holland, 6 Car. & P. 23; Sehuer v. Veeder, 7 Black!. (Ind.) 342; Bradford v.
Ball, 38 :MIch. 673; Payne v. Smith. 4 Dana (Ky.) 497; Daniels v. Clegg, 28
MIch. 32; Burton, 25 lIe. 39; 4 N. J. Law,
willful trespass Is
18 Johns. (N.
I"avor, 3 N. H. 465;
Ch.2] TRESPASS, 67
Shields,
E. 581;'
M8.88,97, Inhabitants ot RsM",tA'hl" Thacher. 3 Metc,
239: Hoffman v, Harrin&1:on, 44 Mlch. 183. 6 N_ W, 225; Fox v. Holcomb, 32
Mich. 494; Newcomb v. Irwin, 55 Mich. 620, 22 N. W. 66; Ralph v. Bayley,
11 Vt. 521; Hall v. Chaffee, 13 Vt. 1150; Welch v. Jenks, 58 Iowa. 694. 12 N.
W. 727; Webb v. Sturtevant, 1 Scam. (Ill.) 181; Stahl v. Hrover, 80 Wis. 6150,
50 N. W. 589; Newton v. Marshall, 62 Wis. 8, 21 N. W. 803; Moore v. Moore,
21 Me. St. Paul & N. P. Minn. 122, 35 N.
Langdon 66 Vt. 173, 28
(N. C.) v. Donaldson,
Mo. 333.
"Graham East, 244.
80 Harper Charlesworth, 4 Barn. & v. Tilford, 12 Neb.
11 N. W. 315.
11 2 Rolle. Abr. 551: Geary v. Bearerof!, Sid. 347; Stultz v. Dickey, 5 Bin.
(Pa.) 28.'1; Lorman v. BeI1son, 8 Mich. 18; Dorsey v. Eagle, 7 Gill & J. (Md.)
321; Van Doren v. Everitt, 5 N. J. Law, 460.
12 2 Rolle, Abr. 551: Geary v. Bearerat!, supra: O'Brien v. Cnvanaugh, 61
away.
108 Weeton v. Woodcock, 7 Mees. & W. 14: Gordon v. Harper, 7 Term R.
13: Pitt v. Shew, 4 Barn. & Ald. 206: Wadleigh v. Janvrin, 41 N. H. 520;
Nelson v. Burt, 15 Mass. 204: Greeley v. Stilson, 27 Mlch. 153; Altes v.
Hlnckler, 36 Ill. 275. As where growing corn or any other crop Is cut and
carried away and then converted. Nelson v. Burt, 15 Mass. 204: Altes T.
Hlnckler, 36 Ill. 275; Simpkins v. Rogers, 15 Ill. 397; Weldon v. Lytle, 53
Mich. I, or where trees and carried away
made· Into otherwise converted. v. Driver, 12 Ala.
Greeley Mich. 153; Flnnl Mlch. 218; Mooers
Walt. 3 1M: Whidden v. 247; or where
or earth dug and taken away, Mortimer, 6 Car.
616; Riley v. Boston Watcr P. Co., 11 Cusa (Mass.) 11; Daniels v. Pond, 21
Pick. (:\las8.) 367; Goodrich v. Jones. 2 Hill (N. Y.) 142; Forsyth v. 'Wells,
41 Pa. St. 291. Growing grnln ('aten by treRpassing cattle cannot be said to
have been converted uy the owner of the cattle. The remedy Is trespass.
Smith v. Archer, 53 III. 2-U. As to manure, see Pinkham v. Gear, 3 N. B.
484; Mlddlebrool. v. CorWin, 15 Wend. (X. Y.) 109.
10' Where ,uu.cU'.U"'}1 Is sold to be set but with a stipulation
Ch.2] EJE(;TMENT.
In the action of ejectment are abolished, and the method of trying titles to
lands, tenements, or other real property shall be by action of trespass fo try
title." Rev. St. 1879, art. 4784. "The trial shall be conducted according to
the rules of pleading, practice and evidence In other cases In the district court,
ad conformably to the principles of trlal by ejectment, except as herein other-
wise expressly provided." Id. art. 4785.
plaintiff mUllt strength of his
he must rely on
title as It commencement of Colllns v. Badlow,
TeL 330,10
ejectment, Is not the enforcement
may be supported l'Quitable title. Hardy v.
Beaty, 84 Tex. 562, 19 S. W. 778; WrIght v. Dunn, 73 Tex. 203, 11 B. W. 330.
1181 Chit. PI. 210; Doe v. Musgrave, 1 Man. & O. 639; Black v. Hepburne,
2 Yeates (Pa,) 331; Nichola v, Lewis, 15 Conn. 137; White v. White, 16 N. J.
Law, 202; Jackson v. May, 16 Johns. (N. Y.) 184. "Whenever a right of entry
exists, and the interest Is tangible, so that possession can be delivered, all
ejectment Jackson v. Buel, 9 298. Thus, where
grantor In reserved to himself, assigns forever,
right and erecting a. mllldam" place~ "and to occupy
UUlU""U''''' or molestation"
reserved was such all
would support an action ejectment. Jackson v.
supra. The owner of the soil may maintain ejectment against one who ap-
propriates a part of a highway to his own use. Wright v. Carter, 27 N. J,
Law, 77. The riparian owner may maIntain ejectment fOl' land below high-
water mark. NIchols v, Lewis, supra; People v. Mauran, I) Denio (N. Y.) 389.
The action lies for a room or chamber without land. Per Pal'ker, C. J., In
Otis v. Smith, 9 Pick. (~Iass,) 29i. Where boller, engine, and stnck are
erected upon person at tlle'joint hImself and another,
under an agl'et~W€~ln
Umitation nature ot real
tor which e1f!Cbnellit IIlll T. HlII, 43 Pit,
:'21. One right of mining maintain ejectment
"rurner T. Reynolds, 23 Pa, St. 19.
136 PARTIES TO ACTIONS. [eh.3
be as defective consideration
fective could not be intendment. Oare DU';I.UU
ence in respect of
and to whom
bad on demurrer; for no benefit was shown to move to the defendant, nor
did It appear that any detriment bad been sustained by the plaintitr, as it
was not stated that anyone was Hable to be sued by him, or that he had sus-
peJl(il'd the enforcement of any right. Jones v. Ashburnham. supra.
28 Thus, where the plalntltr stated that the defendant wns liable In the
SAME - INDUCEMENT.
trespass to property,
real or neiI'&Dn8J.. should state
.II..lI.WC.lI..lI."'".
property or right of
plaintUf thereto. to absolute
rights no of the right necessary.
147. The statement must show such possession, actual
or constructive, as is su1ftcient to sustain the action.
148. The property must be C1escribed suftlciently for
identification, but the pla1nt11f's title or interest may be
generally B"Ql~WI;J.,
The PrC1ptrly .i1.lIltCte'tl.
In stating plaintiff's cause which is prelimi·
nary to the necessary, as actions of this char·
acter, to describe the property affected, whether real or personal,
112 Stirling v. Garrltee, 18 Md. 468. And see Yale v. Saunders, 16 Vt. 243;
Hart v. 8klnner, Id. 138; Green v. Sperry, Id. 390; Dahill v. Booker, 140
MaBS. 308, 5 N. E. 496; Morton v. Fl'Ick Co., 87 Ga. 230, 13 S. E. 463.
1 TI See post, p. 489.
Nos. 11-13..
268 I'RODU(''TION OF THE ISSUJ:. [Ch.6
following instance:
nelrfonn an award, and
plaintiff declared and assigned,
breach, defendant would sum awarded,
defendant pleaded a revocation of the authority of the arbitrators
by deed, before award made, to which the plaintiff demurred, the
eourt held the plea good as being a sufficient answer to the breach
alleged, and therefore gave judgment for the defendant, although
they were of opinion that the matter stated in the plea would have
entitled plaintiff to maintain if he had ..... 'Cjl:,'cu.
way that the defendant prevented the
from awnrd. 39
(3) exception to the exists where the
neglects judgment against defendant on allegations
latter has failed to answer, whereby the action is said to be discon-
tinued. The principle to be here applied is that the plaintiff, by
thus omitting to follow up his entire demand, creates an interruption
in the proceedings, which is called, in technical phrase, a "discon-
tinuance," which. amounts to record. The C01JlUli.
places the plaintiff is in no position
but it is now by statute, after V"'''''U'T
judgment.· o
its examination record, the
consider this apparent right of the party only as it appears in matter
of substance, and not in respect to mere form, such as would properly
have been the subject of a special demurrer. Thus, where the dec-
laration was open to an objection merely of fonn, and the plea was
bad in substance, and the defendant demurred to the replication,
awarded the reason of the
regard to the defect in the declaration. n
.032 Hen. VIII. c. 30. See TIppet v. May, 1 BOB. & P. 411.
U Humphreys v. Betblly, 2 Vent. 198-222; Com. DIg. "Pleader," E, I; Id.
P, 4.
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Ch.6] ABD EFFECT OF
BAKE-IN DETINUE.
In defendant detains
tain goods alleges that he
not detain the said goods in the said declaration specified," etc.
The plea is proper, not only where the denial is of the actual deten-
tion of the goods mentioned, but also where it is that the goods so
detained are the property of the plaintiff, as it puts both facts in
issue. .AJJ.y proof necessary to controvert these facts would there-
fore be showing there no detention, III
not evidence justification, as that were pledged to
defendant,'" establish a lien upon his fayor,U as
detention thereby admitted. latter are special
fenses, but that the statute is not. I t
SAME-IN TREBPASS.
lUI Meredith v. Alleyn, 1 Salk. 138. But see Gayle v. Betts, 1 llod. 227.
181 Henth, Max. GS; Weltale v. Glover, 10 Mod. 166. It Is held, however,
that there is no material difference between these two modes ot expression.
and that It "ponlt se" be substituted for "petit quod lnqnlratur," or vice
versa, unimportant. Glover, supra.
356 SINGJ,ENY..8S OR U~ITY PLEADING.
IN KNOWLEDGE OF ADVERSARY.
v. Oleaver, I<L 681: Leneret v. Rivet, Oro. Jac. 503: Barris v. Pett, :; Mod.
243.
111 1 Saund. 117, note 1: Oarth. 375.
1111 Saund. 117, note 1: 2 Saund. 410, note 3; Com. Dig. "Pleader," 2 ,~,
13: Mints v. Bethll, Oro. Ellz. 749: Bac. Abr. "PIeRS," etc., I, 3: Earl o>t
Kerry v. Baxter, 4 J<~ast, 340.
1 sa 410, note 3.
Ch.9] SUBORDINATE RULES. 443.
108 See ante. p. 412, and cases cited. SeE', also, Merceron v. Dowson, I) Barn.
&: C. 482; Andrews v. Whitehead, 13 East, 112; Rider v. Smith, 3 Term H.
766; Denham v. Stephenson, 1 Salk. 355; Bradshaw's Case, 9 Coke, OOb; Gale>-
v. Reed, 8 East, 80; People v. Dunlap, 13 Johns. (N. Y.) 437. This rule Is
also one of general appllcatlon. See Bliss, Code PI. (2d Ed.) 310.
UI Bradshaw's 9 Coke, OOb.
504 APPENDIX. [Forms 8,9
plalntl1f In this bebalt, batb not as yet delivered the Bald goods and cbatte~s,
or any part tbereof, to the plaintiff, although otten requested so to do: but
80 to do bath hltherto wbolly refused, and stru refuses: and afterwards, to
wit. on the - - day of - - , A. D. - , at - - . aforesaid. In the county
aforesaid, converted and disposed ot the Baid goods and chattels to hili, the
defendant's,
(Oonclud, 1.)
ASSUMPBIT-Contlnued.
Interest due. 31.
balance on account stated,
action on award. 81.
use and occupation ot land. 31.
board 8 nd lodging turnlshed. 82.
goods sold and delivered. or barealned and lold, 82.
goods wrongtully obtained and converted, 8&.
lands sold, 34.
work, labor, amI Hel"Vlces, 34.
labor, and materials. 85.
action on ;Iudgment, 85.
lIabll1ty imposed by RtAtute, 36.
case a concun'ent remedy. 98.
general Issue In, 283-285.
declaration in special assumpsit, 205-219.
"Speclal Assumpsit."
ATrACHMENT,
defiultlon, 143.
when and what Il18ued, 14&
A UDITA QUERELA,
definition, 194.
nature and 194. 195.
AUTHORITY.
when and how pleaded, 416. 417.
cognlzauce in replevin, 417.
AWAHD,
assumpsit on, 31.
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BILL OF EXCEPTIONS,
defined, 184-
nature and object, 184, 18/L
BOARD AND LODGING,
assumpsit tor, 32.
BO~,
assumpsit not the proper remedy on, 16.
action ot debt on, 39, 42.
BREACH,
assignment in general assumpsit,
in declaration in debt, 280.
In declaration In covenant, 238.
declarntion In account,
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