Taylor v. Southland Lumber Co.

.THOMPSON, J.

This suit involves the right of the defendant, under a contract of purchase of the timber on a certain described tract of land, to continue operations until all of the timber is cut and removed from every portion of the land within the maximum period of ten years.

The plaintiff owned what is known as Argyle plantation in the parish of Pointe Coupee. In January, 1920, he sold all of the standing and down timber upon certain portions of the plantation, being that in the rear and to the north of the cultivatable land.

The price of the timber was $100,000, of which defendant paid…