Hughes v. Tanner

Plaintiffs bring replevin for a quantity of lumber, upon which defendant claims a lien for the saw bill.

In the spring of 1890, defendant, who was the owner of a saw-mill and the docks at Oscoda from which the lumber was replevied, entered into a verbal contract with the Potts Lumber Company to saw logs for the company for that season, at '$2.50 per thousand. The agent of the Potts Lumber Company testified that—

“The contract was that he was to have $2.50 for sawing and piling it on the docks, where the boats could get it, and, if he was compelled to put any on the shore, he had to forward it…