La Vasser v. Chesbrough Lumber Co.

On March 27, 1912, plaintiff entered into a written contract with the defendant by the terms of which he undertook and agreed with said defendant to cut all of the pine and hemlock timber standing and lying on the lands described in said contract, and to deliver the same into the Tahquamenaw river, Chippewa county, Mich., which timber was estimated to be about 5,000,000 feet. The tract to be lumbered was a large one extending back from the Tahquamenaw river a distance of 3 or 4 miles. Under the terms of the contract plaintiff was to receive $7 per thousand feet for all timber cut and…