Case Name: Jacob O. Rogers vs. Inhabitants of Greenbush
Court: Maine Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Maine
Decision Date: 1869
Citations: 57 Me. 441
Docket Number: 
Parties: Jacob O. Rogers vs. Inhabitants of Greenbush.
Judges: Appleton, C. J.; Cutting, Walton, Danforth, and Tapley, JJ., concurred.
Reporter: Maine Reports
Volume: 57
Pages: 441–441

Head Matter:
Jacob O. Rogers vs. Inhabitants of Greenbush.
The plaintiff’s land was sold for taxes to the defendants, whoso agent cut and carried away timber and hay therefrom. Held, that in the absence of any evidence that the timber and hay had been converted into money, the plaintiff ' cannot maintain, assumpsit therefor.
William T. Hilliard, for the plaintiff.
Peters Wilson, for the defendants.

Opinion:
Kent, J.
This in action of assumpsit, for money had and received, and on account annexed for hay and timber cut on a lot, which plaintiff claims to own. The case states that the lot was sold for taxes, and a deed given to the town, and that an agent of the town cut the grass and timber. There is no fact stated which shows any contract, direct or implied, between the parties. The cutting, apparently, was under a claim of a title, adverse to that of the plaintiff, and against his will or consent.
There is no allegation in the agreed statement, that any money had been received by the town from said hay or timber, or that it had ever been sold and converted into money. We see no ground on which the tort can be waived, and assumpsit be maintained.
Plaintiff nonsuit.
Appleton, C. J.; Cutting, Walton, Danforth, and Tapley, JJ., concurred.