Legal Opinion

J. J. White Lumber Co. v. McComb City Turpentine Co.

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1916Published

Appeal from the chancery court of Pike county. ITon. R. B. Mayes, Special Chancellor. Bill by the McComb City Turpentine Company against 'J. J. White Lumber Company. Prom a decree for complainant, defendant appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.

1Opinion of the CourtHolden, J.

This is an appeal from a decree of the chancery court of Pike county, Hon. Bobert B. Mayes, special chancellor. The appellee, McComb City Turpentine Company, complainant in the court below, filed its bill, claiming, among other things, that the appellant, J. J. White Lumber Company, defendant below, leased to appellee, through Carr Bros., for turpentine purposes, six thousand, nine hundred and thirteen acres of merchantable pine f timber, suitable for turpentine purposes, for which it paid appellant twenty-five thousand, fifteen dollars and eighty cents, and that appellant failed to deliver…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Estes v. OdomSupreme Court of Georgia · 1893
  2. Hodges v. DennySupreme Court of Alabama · 1888
  3. Oakes v. . DelanceyNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  4. Frederick v. YoungbloodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1851
  5. Hall v. MayhewCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1860

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