Utley v. S. N. Wilcox Lumber Co.

The plaintiff brought an action of trover against the defendant for the conversion of certain pine saw-logs. On the first day of November, 1877, one Sextus N. Wilcox was the owner of certain land situated upon sections 31 and 32, in township 14 N., range 11 W., upon which was a quantity of standing pine timber trees, estimated to contain 1,700,000 feet, more or less, of merchantable pine saw-logs. On that day he entered into a written contract with the plaintiff in this suit, by which plaintiff agreed to purchase, and Wilcox agreed to sell to him, said timber for the sum of $2,500, payable in…