CHAPTER V 



THE DOCTRINE OF WASTE AS APPLIED TO TIM- 

 BER 



38. Right of Tenant to Estovers. Under the com- 

 mon law a person who is lawfully in possession of land 

 through life tenancy, dower, curtesy, tenancy in common, 

 tenancy for years, or tenancy from year to year, if not re- 

 strained by a stipulation to the contrary, is entitled to es- 

 tovers, or botes; i. e., he may take from the premises, if 

 available, so much wood as is needed for fuel, fences, agri- 

 cultural equipment and other necessary repairs and im- 

 provements. 1 However, if the amount of wood available 

 for fuel is limited, or the only trees growing upon the premi- 

 ses are of such species or character as to be especially valu- 



1. Co. Litt., 41 b, 53 b, 54 b; 2 Minor's Inst. 531; Lee v. Alston, 1 Ves. Jr. 78; 



Landlord and Tenant, Tiffany, Ed. 1910, p. 714. 

 Ala. Alexander v. Fisher, 7 Aia. 514. 

 Del. Harris v. Goslin, 3 Harr. 340. 

 Ga. Dickenson v. Jones, 36 Ga. 97. 



Ind. Walters v. Hutchins Admsx, 29 Ind. 136; Miller v. Shields, 55 Ind. 71. 

 Iowa. Anderson v. Cowan, 125 Iowa 259, 101 N. W. 92, 68 L. R. A. 641, 106 Am. 



St. Rep. 303. 

 Ky. Calvert v. Rice, 91 Ky. 533, 16 S. W. 35, 34 Am. St. Rep. 240; Loudon v. 



Warfleld, 28 Ky. (5 J. J. Marsh) 196; Hinton v. Fox, 3 Litt. (Ky.) 380. 

 La. Patureau v. Wilbert, 44 La. Ann. 355, 10 So. 782. 

 Mass. Padelford v. Padelford, 24 Mass. (7 Pick.) 152; Hubbard v. Shaw, 92 Mass. 



(12 Allen) 120; DorrelJ v. Johnson, 17 Pick. 263. 

 N. H. Smith v. Jewett, 40 N. H. 530; Webster v. Webster, 33 N. H. 18, 66 Am. 



Dec. 705; Miles v. Miles, 32 N. H. 147, 64 Am. Dec. 362. 

 N. J. Den v. Kinney. 55 N. J. L. 552. 

 N. Y. Gardiner v. Derring, 1 Paige 573; Harder v. Harder, 26 Barb. 409; Van 



Deusen v. Young, 29 N. Y. 9. 

 N. C. Parkins v. Cox, 3 N. C. 339. 

 Ohio Kent v. Bentley, 3 Ohio St. 173. 

 Pa. Morris v. Knight, 14 Pa. Super. Ct. 324; Beam v. Woolridge, 3 Pa. Co. Ct. 



17. 



R. I. Clemence v. Steere, 1 R. I. 272, 53 Am. Dec. 621. 

 S. C. Smith v. Poyas, 2 Desauss. Eq. 65. 

 Wis. Wright v. Roberts, 22 Wis. 161. But see Leyman v. Abeel, 16 Johns 



(N. Y.) 30; Livingston v. Ketcham, 1 Barb. (N. Y.) 592; Van Renslaer 



v. Radcliff, 10 Wend. (N. Y.) 639. 



U. S. Loomis v. Wilbur, 15 Fed. Cas. 8,498, 5 Mason 13. Canada Titus v. Sulis, 

 3 Nova Scotia 497; Campbell v. Shields, U. C. Q. B. 449; St. Paul 1 ! 



Church v. Titus, 6 N. Bmnsw. 278. 



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