Michigan Supreme Court April 17, 1877 (Osburn v. Lovell)

Cooley, Ch. J:

The principal.error relied upon in this case is, that the court, in an action for trespass to lands and the cutting of *249timber, in which the plaintiff claimed to recover treble damages under the statute, refused to receive the evidence offered by the defendant to show that the trespass was involuntary, and made under a bona fide claim of right.