Gates v. Detroit & Mackinac Railway Co.

This is an action to recover damages for the alleged breach of a contract, made in August, 1899, to haul plaintiff’s logs and other forest products over a logging railroad constructed by the parties under the contract The contract was evidenced by certain letters written by defendant’s general superintendent and agreed to by the plaintiff, containing, among other provisions, the following:

“ We to haul your logs from town 25 north r^nge 4'and 5 east to North Bay City at the rate of $3.00 per thousand feet board measure, but nothing greater than 33^ to be deducted from any log for defects and a…