§978. Conversion of railroad sleepers, ship knees or cedar lumber; double damages
A person who willfully and fraudulently takes, carries away or otherwise converts to that person's own use any railroad sleeper, knee or other ship timber or cedar for shingles or other purposes, the property of another, whether known or not, without the owner's consent, lying in any river, stream, pond, bay or inlet, or on or near the shore thereof; or cuts out, alters or destroys any mark thereon, forfeits $10 for each offense, to be recovered and appropriated as provided in section 971; and is liable to the owner in double the amount thereof in a civil action. Such owner has all the rights and is subject to all the liabilities provided for the owner of logs, masts and spars in sections 973 to 979. [RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §263 (COR).]
SECTION HISTORY
RR 2021, c. 2, Pt. B, §263 (COR).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 38: WATERS AND NAVIGATION
38 §972. Conversion as larceny (REPEALED)
38 §973. Presumptions; double damages
38 §974. Right of owner to search for lost logs
38 §975. Intermixed logs and timber; lien for expenses; libel
38 §976. Logs or timber lodged on banks; forfeiture; advertisement
38 §977. Owner may remove on tender of damages; damages for landowner
38 §978. Conversion of railroad sleepers, ship knees or cedar lumber; double damages