Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York April 21, 1941 (Silver v. Bateman)

In an action for damages for the alleged tortious and unlawful acts of the respondents in cutting and removing growing trees from real property, and for treble damages under sections 533 and 534 of the Real Property Law, judgment was entered at the close of the plaintiff’s ease in favor of the respondents dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint. The plaintiff appeals.