Vermont § 207 - Treble damages for stopping or conversion of floating
Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 207 — Treble damages for stopping or conversion of floating, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 207. Treble damages for stopping or conversion of floating
- lumber When a person stops masts, spars, square timber, logs, or sawed lumber and confines it in a place in this State, so as to prevent it from floating down a stream in or adjoining this State, such lumber being marked with the owner’s name or mark, or destroys, makes use of, or disposes of the same, except such as becomes forfeit, he or she shall be liable to the owner for three times the value of the lumber, if it is found on trial that the same was done in bad faith, otherwise the judgment shall be for the actual damages.
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 207 ("Treble damages for stopping or conversion of floating") is part of the Vermont Statutes Online, the codified statutory law of Vermont. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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