Greenwood v. Davis

On November 30,1892, tlie parties made a written contract, by which the plaintiff agreed to cut logs for the defendants. He began work December 8th, and stopped on February 28th, after cutting about one-third of the timber agreed upon. In the fall of 1893 he expressed an intention of resuming operations, but defendants declined to allow it, and cut the logs themselves. Plaintiff then brought this action, claiming damages for a breach of the contract, and defendants bring error upon a judgment for plaintiff of $500.

The first and most important question arises upon the refusal of the trial…