The third part of the reports of severall excellent cases of law, argued and adjudged in the courts of law at Westminster in the time of the late Queen Elizabeth, from the first, to the five and thirtieth year of her reign collected by a learned professor of the law, William Leonard ... ; with alphabetical tables of the names of the cases, and of the matters contained in the book.

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Title: The third part of the reports of severall excellent cases of law, argued and adjudged in the courts of law at Westminster in the time of the late Queen Elizabeth, from the first, to the five and thirtieth year of her reign collected by a learned professor of the law, William Leonard ... ; with alphabetical tables of the names of the cases, and of the matters contained in the book.
Author: Leonard, William.
Publication: London :: Printed by the assigns of Richard and Edward Atkins ... for Henry Twyford, Thomas Basset, William Rawlins and John Place,; 1686.
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CCLXXXII. Hitchcock and Harvy's Case. Mich. 30 & 31 Eliz. In the Kings Bench.

HItchcock brought an Action of Trespass for breaking of his Close, and spoyling of his Grass, against Harvey: and the Case was, That A. was seised of the Land in which, &c. and granted to the Plaintiff proficuum of such a Mead called Tentry Mead, post falcationem inde; scil. the Ear-grass. And it was found by Verdict, That Ear-grass is such Grass, which is upon the Land after the mowing, until the Feast of the Annunciation after. It was moved, If such a Grantee might have Trespass, Quare Clausum fregit? And it was the Opinion of the Court,* 1.1 That he could not; but for spoiling the Grass he might

Clench, Iustice, If a Man be Outlawed in an Action personal, The Queen hath the profits of the Land, and lets the same to another, He shall have an Action of Trespass, Quare Clausum fregit; Which Shute granted: And afterwards because the Iury had given Damages entire, as well for the breaking of the Close, as for the spoyling of the Grass, the Plaintiff could not recover the Damages.

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1 Cro. 421.

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