Erskine v. Savage

A man sold and conveyed a tract of land to the defendant. The deed contained the following reservation: “Reserving all hard and soft wood growth thereon; with right of entry upon the premises at any and all times for a period of five years from the date hereof with men and teams for the purpose of cutting and removing the same.” The grantor afterwards sold to the plaintiff by “ bill of sale,” all rights reserved to himself by the foregoing reservation. Within the five years, the plaintiff cut all the wood reserved, but some of it had not been removed before the end of the period. Thereupon…