Jones v. Gibbs

WALTHALL, Justice.

On April 30, 1923, J. B. Jones, appellant, and his deceased wife, Helen M. Jones, executed a timber deed to appellees, giving them ten years’ time in which to remove the timber from the land, the time expiring April 30, 1933. The deed provided for five years’ extension of time upon the payment of IS cents per acre each year in advance, as stipulated in the deed. If the terms of the deed were complied with, the full time provided by the extension would expire April 30, 1938.

Appellant herein filed suit against J. P. Gibbs et al., appellees, April 26, 1935, in cause No. 9277 of…