Westerman v. Champion Fiber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Lyon, J., at January Term, 1913, of McDowell. Civil action to recover damages for alleged breach of contract. Yerdict and judgment for plaintiff, and defendant excepted and appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtHoke, J.
The evidence on part of plaintiffs tended to show that, in November, 1909, they made a contract with defendant company to cut for it the cordwood on a given boundary of land in Haywood County on the waters of Shiney Creek, to begin on one side of the creek, cut the timber up and around the head of the. stream and down on the other side till 50,000 cords were “cut, calculated, and paid for,” etc., this being the amount estimated within the boundary, the wood to be cut and put on the edge of the branch and corded up at the price of $3 per cord, and defendant company was to construct and have…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Chaffin v. . Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Warren v. . MakelySupreme Court of North Carolina · 1881
- Graves v. Railroad Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1904
- Younce v. Broad River Lumber Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1911
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- Tobacco Growers Co-Operative Ass'n v. BlandSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1924
- United Cigar Stores Co. of America v. HollisterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1932
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