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Cook v. Doolittle

12 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 342 Court N.Y. Sup. Ct. English

Judges Present — Leaened, P. J., BoaedmaN and James, JJ.

Delivered by James, J.

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p. 342
ELBERT W. COOK, Plaintiff, v. JOHN DOOLITTLE, Defendant.

Headnote

Vendee in contact for sale of land — right of, to cut standing tvmbe/r.
A purchaser under a contract for the sale of lands, in possession simply by acquiescence, has no right to cut standing timber from the freehold without special license from the vendor, except for repair's of buildings and fences, or the purposes of husbandry. The doctrine laid down in Van Wyck v. Alliger ( 6 Barb., 507 ) said to have been repudiated in Vcm Beusen v. Young (29 id., 9).
Exceptions ordered to be heard in the first instance at the General Term.
p. 343
The action was in the nature of trespass, for unlawfully cutting and conveying away standing timber. .
J. Mg Quire, for plaintiff. M. M. Mead, for-defendant.

Opinion by

Present — Leaened, P. J., BoaedmaN and James, JJ.

New trial granted, costs to abide the event.