Hill-Ingham Lumber Co. v. Neal
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Polk Circuit Court; James S. Steel, Judge; STATEMENT by The court. The Hill-Forrester Lumber Company, a corporation engaged in the lumber business in this State, entered into a contract with one J. R. Neal for the purchase of certain lumber at a certain price, the output of two sawmills owned by Neal, during the year 1907. The lumber company under the terms of the contract was to advance to Neal the sum of $5 per thousand feet on the lumber as fast as it was cut…
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Appeal from Polk Circuit Court; James S. Steel, Judge; STATEMENT by The court. The Hill-Forrester Lumber Company, a corporation engaged in the lumber business in this State, entered into a contract with one J. R. Neal for the purchase of certain lumber at a certain price, the output of two sawmills owned by Neal, during the year 1907. The lumber company under the terms of the contract was to advance to Neal the sum of $5 per thousand feet on the lumber as fast as it was cut and stacked in proper shape in the yards and insured in favor of the lumber company. The lumber company advanced to Neal…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts.) First. The appellee contended, and adduced evidence tending to show, that the indebtedness due appellant under the contracts was paid and the contracts discharged in this way, towit, it was agreed verbally between appellant and appellee that the debt should be paid by appellee turning over to appellant a team, a carload of lumber and a lot of shoes, which amounted in the aggregate to $776.23, which, taken from the debt of $787.66 due appellant, left a balance of $11.43 which appellee was to pay by lumber or check; that appellee performed the agreement on…
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