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NEW JERSEY ZINC CO. v. TROTTER

108 U.S. 564 (1883)

NEW JERSEY ZINC COMPANY v. TROTTER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 7th, 1883.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Linn, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Cortlandt Parker and Mr. Richard Wayne Parker, for defendant in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action of trespass brought by Trotter to recover damages of the New Jersey Zinc Company for entering on his lands and digging up and carrying away a quantity of franklinite ore. There were three counts in the declaration: two quare clausum fregit, and one de bonis asportatis. The plea was not guilty. No other issue was raised by the pleadings. Neither party set up title, so that...

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