Fulton v. Henrico Lumber Co.

M. J. Fulton, as the owner of standing poplar, gum and maple timber, on his farm near Fair Oaks, Virginia, in July, 1920, made an agreement to sell some of it to the Henrico Lumber Company. So much of the contract as is now material is thus expressed in a letter from the vendee (plaintiff) to the vendor (defendant) :

“This is to confirm our conversation to the effect that we will pay you $16.00 per cord of 180 cu. ft., f. o. b. cars, Fair Oaks, Virginia — Southern Railroad — *668for such poplar, gum and maple pulpwood cut according to the usual specifications and barked as you can deliver by…