Flagler v. Atlantic Coast Lumber Corp.
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Before Prince, J., Williamsburg, December, 1910. Action 'by A. W. Flagler against Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation. Plaintiff appeals. Mr. Clayton cites : Contract is too uncertain to enforce: 38 S. E. 26. Perpetuities: 22 Ency. 702-737. Mr. Buck cites: When a contract provides that timber is to be removed in a specified time all timber not so, removed reverts to grantor: 25 Cyc. 155-2; 13 Me. 122; 96 Mich. 83; 62 Am.
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Before Prince, J., Williamsburg, December, 1910. Action 'by A. W. Flagler against Atlantic Coast Lumber Corporation. Plaintiff appeals. Mr. Clayton cites : Contract is too uncertain to enforce: 38 S. E. 26. Perpetuities: 22 Ency. 702-737. Mr. Buck cites: When a contract provides that timber is to be removed in a specified time all timber not so, removed reverts to grantor: 25 Cyc. 155-2; 13 Me. 122; 96 Mich. 83; 62 Am. St. R. 661; 46 S. E. 24; 51 S. E. 852; 35 L. R. A. 513; 94 Ca. 353; 22 Wis. 544; 54 Ohio 298; 67 Me. 84; 37 Wis. 360’; 119 Am. St. R. 709; 55 L. R. A. 513; 128 Am. St. R. 868.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Hon. E. Marion Rucker, Acting Associate Justice in-place of Mr. Justice Woods disqualiñed.
On the 10th day of June, 1899, the plaintiff-appellant entered into an agreement with one R. L. Montague by the terms of which he, for a valuable consideration, conveyed to the said R. L. Montague the timber then growing upon two tracts of land, amounting to two hundred and thirty (230) acres, the exact language as to the timber being “all the timber of every kind and description of twelve (12) inches stumip diameter and upwards, twelve inches from the ground at…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Wilson Lumber Co. v. D. W. Alderman & Sons Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
- Hall v. Eastman, Gardiner & Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1906
- Crawford v. Atlantic Coast Lumber Co.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1908
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- Minshew v. Atlantic Coast Lumber Corp.Supreme Court of South Carolina · 1914
- Crown Orchard Co. v. DennisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1915
- Atlantic Coast Lumber Corp. v. LitchfieldSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1912
- Francis v. Superior Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1939
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