Gibson v. Thisius

— The plaintiff is the owner of a large amount of land in township 13 north, range 15, E. W. M., Yakima county. By contract of March 18, 1937, he sold the timber on specifically described portions of sections 17, 18, and 19 to the defendants. The contract provided that defendants should have five years in which to remove the timber, with the qualification, however, that it should be removed within fifteen months from the time the first timber was cut.

On August 28, 1939, plaintiff, conceiving that more than fifteen months had elapsed since the first timber was cut, notified defendant Thisius…