Epperson v. DeJarnette

In July, 1933, J. T. Epperson and J. T. Carter were lumbermen doing business as the Epperson Lumber Company and were owners of a tract of land in Pittsylvania county, known as Broomfield, situated near the Halifax county line. On it was their small sawmill which had been used by them in sawing a body of timber there. On this Broomfield tract was another body of timber which they wished to cut and saw. For reasons satisfactory to themselves they did not desire to do this work but preferred to have it done by another. To this end they entered into a contract with one C. E. Scott, their…