Edwards v. Clement

Some time in August, 1887, John Campbell took a contract of the defendant to cut and haul saw-logs and hewn timber from the township of Boon, in Wexford county, to the Manistee river, for $5 per 1,000 feet for logs, and $35 per 1,000 cubic feet for timber. Mr. Campbell built his camp, made roads, hired men, and prosecuted the work until December 17, 1887, when by agreement he was released from his contract under the *514following writing executed between himself and Mr. Clement:

“Know all Men by these Presents, That John Campbell, of the city of Cadillac, in the county of Wexford and State of…