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72 Mass. 371

Gould v. Bugbee

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided September 15, 1856

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · decided 1856-09-15

Action of tort for breaking and entering the plaintiffs’ close, bounding on Swift River in Belchertown, and the dam across said river, and the bulkhead, gates and canals connected therewith, and digging up the soil, and occupying and using the premises and the water of the river, belonging to the plaintiffs, from the 1st of February 1854 to the date of this writ.

Decided 1856-09-15

Thomas, J.

¶1The evidence offered by the plaintiffs, to show when the canal and other works were completed; to show the failure to pay the rent, according to the lease, after such completion ; to prove the entry upon the premises by the plaintiffs, for such failure to pay rent and for a forfeiture, should have been admitted. For, though the defendants were relievable in equity, the proof of the facts before stated would enable the plaintiffs to maintain an action at law for damages for using the estate, and for waste of water after such default by defendants and entry of the plaintiffs.

¶2The provision as to waste, in the indenture, is a covenant and not a condition. For any waste before the entry, the plain* tiffs must rely upon their covenants ; for waste after such entry damages may be recovered in this suit.

¶3Exceptions sustained.

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