Stanton v. Estey Manufacturing Co.

This is trover for the conversion of certain logs.

Plaintiff, acting for Dwight & Co., of Detroit, prior to February. 23, 1889, had arranged with J. W. Holm, *14who had a saw-mill at Middleton, that he (Stanton) should furnish the cash and pay for logs to be delivered at Holm’s mill; that Holm should saw the logs into lumber; that Dwight & Co. would take the lumber at certain fixed prices; that Holm should retain the mill culls, and be charged, as against the price to be paid for the lumber, the price paid for the logs, and Dwight & Co. should pay the difference. About 80,000 feet of logs were…