W. B. Thompson & Co. v. Union Sawmill Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fourth Judicial District Court, Parish of Union; Robert Brooks Dawkins, Judge. Action by W. B. Thompson & Co. against the Union Sawmill Company. Judgment fox-defendants, and plaintiffs appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
NICHOLLS, J.
Plaintiffs allege that they are the owners of certain lands, which they described, and the timber thereon.
That on or about the 19th of May, 1903, they, without any consideration therefor, signed a written instrument purporting to be an offer to sell a license to cut and remove the pine timber standing on their lands to John A. McShane, of Omaha, Neb.; that said offer was personal to him and was never signed and accepted by him, said McShane.
That the Uxxion Sawmill Company had recorded or caused to be recorded in Deed Book 18, of the conveyance records of said…
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- Union Sawmill Co. v. Lake Lumber Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1907
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