Walker v. Cox

Appellant was the purchaser of certain standing timber under a deed stipulating for a reversion of the title to the owner if the timber was not removed within the time provided. When this bill was filed, the time limit had expired more than six months previously, and complainant had therefore lost the legal title thereto; and he seeks by this proceeding to have the court enforce by appropriate decree his right to a reasonable time thereafter in which to remove the timber, upon the ground that during the time stipulated he was prevented from the removal by the interference of the owner of the…