Johnson v. Cranage

The defendants in error brought au action of replevin to recover possession of a quantity of pine saw logs, which the defendants below held and claimed alien upon for charges for boomage, driving the logs, and tolls to an improvement company. There is no serious dispute concerning the facts, and no question of ownership arises.

August 23, 1878, John Jenkinson entered into a written agreement with Pitts & Cranage (plaintiffs below), whereby he agreed to sell them a large quantity of white pine saw logs “to be delivered to said Pitts & Cranage at the boom of the Au Gres Boom Company at the mouth…