SOPER v. LAWRENCE BROTHERS

No. 206.

201 U.S. 359 (1906)

SOPER v. LAWRENCE BROTHERS COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 2, 1906.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William Frye White, with whom Mr. Taber D. Bailey and Mr. John B. Cotton were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Orville Dewey Baker, with whom Mr. Amos K. Butler was on the brief, for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an action of trover for logs, brought by the plaintiff in error in the Supreme Judicial Court of Maine. The defendant admitted carrying off the logs, but set up title to the land on which they were cut, one-half in itself and one-half in its licensors. At the trial the plaintiff proved a prima facie title to an undivided interest in the land. The defendant...

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