Dunn v. Forrester

Hart, C. J.,

(after stating the facts). The rights of the parties under the timber deeds depends upon the construction to be placed upon that clause which provides for the trees and timber “to be cut and paid for within two years after the completion of a railroad down Mill Creek.”

The timber deeds were executed on the 7th day of January, 1907. It is well settled in this State that in a sale of standing timber, when there is no time fixed in the contract within which the purchaser is to remove the timber, the purchaser shall have a reasonable time, considering all the facts and circumstances…