Baxter v. Thompson

From a final decree entered by the Circuit Court of Brevard County, Florida, a reversal thereof by an appeal is sought here. The decree appealed from cancelled a timber or lumber contract dated December 17,1934, by Maxwell Baxter, as owner and seller, and Paul A. Thompson and Herbert S. Thompson, as buyers. The Thompsons advanced to Baxter the sum of $2,000.00 when the contract of sale was executed. ' The pine timber was situated on 1670 acres of land owned by Baxter and located in Brevard County. The Thompsons were sawmill men and bought the pine timber of Baxter for sawmill purposes, and…