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allowed for the asportation. l It is also held that during 

 such adverse holding the owner cannot bring trespass 

 against a third person. However, after reentry the land 

 owner can maintain trespass de bonis against either the 

 disseizor or his grantee. 2 Although some decisions seem 

 to be to the contrary, 3 the weight of authority is that the 

 occasional cutting of timber on land, 4 or repeated occu- 

 pancy for short periods, as during sugar making seasons, 

 even though the practice be continued annually for the 



1. McLain v. Todd, 5 J. J. Marsh (Ky.) 335, 22 Am. Dec. 37. 



2. Alliance Trust Co. v. Nettleton Hardwood Co., 74 Miss. 584, 21 So. 396, GO Am. 



St. Rep. 531, 36 L. R. A. 155. 



3. Brett v. Fair, 66 Iowa 684, 24 N. W. 275; Forey v. Bigelow, 56 Iowa 381, 9 X. \V. 



313; Clement v. Perry, 34 Iowa 564; Barker v. Towles, 11 La. 432; McGregor v. 

 Keiller, 9 Ont. 677; And see, Hubbard v. Kiddo, 87 111. 578; Brooks v. Bruyn, 

 18 111. 539; Colvin v. McCune, 39 Iowa 502; Henry v. Henry, 122 Mich. 6, 80 

 N. W. 800; Murray v. Hudson, 65 Mich. 670, 32 N. W. 889; Goltermann v. 

 Schiermeyer, 111 Mo. 404, 19 S. W. 484, 20 S. W. 161. 



4. Ala. Burks v. Mitchell, 78 Ala. 61; Farley v. Smith, 39 Ala. 38; See also. Rivers 



v. Thompson, 46 Ala. 335; Childress v. Callaway, 76 Ala. 128. 

 Ga. Hilton v. Singletary, 107 Ga. 821, 33 S. E. 715; Strong v. Powell, 92 Ga. 



591, 20 S. E. 6; Carrol v. Gillion, 33 Ga. 539; Durham v. Holeman, 30 



Ga. 619; Long v. Young, 28 Ga. 130; Keller v. Dillon, 26 Ga. 701. 

 111. Travers v. McElvain, 181 111. 382, 55 N. E. 135; Austin v. Rust, 73 111. 



491. 

 Ky. Barr v. Potter, (Ky. 1900) 57 S. W. 478; Ohio etc. R. Co. v. Wooten, (Ky. 



1898) 46 S. W. 681; Wait v. Gover, (Ky. 1890) 12 S. W. 1068; Wilson v. 



Stivers, 4 Dana 634. 



La. Gardner v. Leger, 5 La. Ann. 594; Macarty v. Foucher, 12 Mart. 11. 

 Me. Miilett v. Mullen, (Me.) 49 Atl. 871. 

 Md. Thistle v. Frostburg Coal Co., 10 Md. 129. 

 Mass. Parker v. Parker, 1 Allen 245; Slater v. Jopherson, 6 Gush. 129. 

 Mo. Robinson v. Claggitt, 145 Mo. 153, 50 S. W. 280; Carter v. Hornback, 139 



Mo. 238, 40 S. W. 893; Goltermann v. Schiermeyer, 125 Mo. 291, 28 



S. W. 616; Musick v. Barney, 49 Mo. 458; Cook v. Farrah, 105 Mo. 492, 



16 S. W. 692. Morgan v. Pott, 124 Mo. App. 371, 101 S. W. 717. 

 .V. J. Townsend v. Reeves, 44 N. J. L. 525. 

 N. C. Shaffer v. Gaynor, 117 N. C. 15, 23 S. E. 154; McLean v. Smith, 114 X. C. 



356, 19 S. E. 279; Bartlett v. Simmons, 49 N. C. 295. 



Ore. Wheeler v. Taylor, 32 Oreg. 421, 52 Pac. 183, 67 Am. St. Rep. 540. 

 Pa. Douglass v. Lucas, 63 Pa. St. 9; Beaupland v. McKeen, 28 Pa. St. 124, 70 



Am. Dec. 115; Murphy v. Springer, 1 Grant 73. 

 S. C. McBeth v. Donnelly, Dudley (S. C.) 177; White v. Reid, 2 Xott & M. 534; 



Bailey v. Irby, 2 Mott & M. 343, 10 Am. Dec. 609. 

 Tenn. Pullen v. Hopkins, 1 Lea 741. 

 Texas. Boone v. Hulsey, 71 Tex. 176, 9 S. W. 531; Stegall v. Huff, 54 Tex. 193; 



Soape v. Doss, 18 Tex. Civ. App. 649, 45 S. W. 387; Cook v. Lister, (Tex. 



Civ. App. 1896) 38 S. W. 380. 

 Vt. Wells v. Austin, 59 Vt. 157. 10 Atl. 405. 



Va. Anderson v. Harvey, 10 Gratt. 386; Pasley v. English, 5 Gratt. 141. 

 W.Va. Yokum v.Fickey, 37 W. Va. 762, 17 S. E. 318; Oney v. Clendenin, 28 W. 



Va. 34. 



Wis. Ladd v. Hildebrant, 27 Wis. 135, 9 Am. Rep. 445. 

 Can. Doe v. White, 3 N. Brunsw. 595. 



See also: 

 Pa. Heller v. Peters, 140 Pa. St. 648, 21 Atl. 416; McArthur v. Kitchen, 77 Pa. 



St. 62; Olewine v. Messmore, 128 Pa. St. 470, 18 Atl. 495. 



