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Trover Legal Case

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Facts: This case concerns trover, an action at common law to recover the value of personal property which was disposed of improperly by another. It concerns the market value of 242 cords of timber, which was harvested from public land given to an Indian reservation. The timber was cut when those that cut the timber knew it was Indian property on Indian land. The timber was sold by defendant in another town to an awaiting purchaser for value. History: Affirmed. Issue: Is the defendant’s liability the value of the timber that gets added when resold in the market place, or the wholesale value at the place where the timber was cut? Ruling: The court ruled that an unlawful taking, where the thing taken is then marketed for full price, a defendant’s

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