Williams v. Flood
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Berrien. (Smith, J.) Case for conversion of timber. Defendants James H. and. Thomas P. Flood bring error. The facts are stated in the opinion.
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Error to Berrien. (Smith, J.) Case for conversion of timber. Defendants James H. and. Thomas P. Flood bring error. The facts are stated in the opinion. The extensions were within the statute of frauds: Abell v. Munson, 18 Mich. 306; Cook v. Bell, Id. 393; and, if a valid license, it was terminated by the deed to appellants: Maxwell v. Bay City Bridge Co., 41 Mich. 466; Drake v. Wells, 11 Allen, 141; Carter v. Harlan, 6 Md. 20; Bridges v. Purcell, 1 Dev. & Bat. 492; Wescott v. Delano, 20 Wis. 514; Mendenhall v. Klinck, 51 N. Y. 246; Prince v. Case, 10 Conn. 382; Dark v. Johnston, 55 Penn. St.…
1Opinion of the CourtChamplin, J.
This is an action of trespass on the case, to recover the value of certain standing and down timber on a parcel of land described in plaintiff’s declaration.
On the sixteenth day of September, 1882, James Flood, who is an uncle of the remaining defendants, was the owner in fee of the laud, and on that day, by a writing under seal, sold to the plaintiff "all the standing timber from and over the size of nine inches in diameter on the stump, situated, standing, or being ” upon the land in question.
The instrument contained the following clause:
“Giving and granting the said Henry W. Williams the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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