Kangas v. Boulton
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Mackinac; Shepherd, J. Attachment proceedings by Robert Nangas against Robert Boulton under the log-lien law. David C. Pelton and William Reid, copartners as Pelton & Reid, intervened as owners of the logs. From a judgment for plaintiff on verdict directed by the court, the interveners bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtHooker, J.
The plaintiff contracted in writing with defendant Boulton to cut all merchantable timber on certain lands, and to deliver the same at the “forks of the main river.” Upon such delivery he was to receive $6 per 1,000 for white pine logs, $4.50 for tamarack and hemlock logs, $2.75 for spruce wood per cord, 22 cents for cedar ties, etc., “all timber to be cut clean.” He claims that the contract was substantially completed, to the satisfaction of Boulton, though there is testimony tending to show that some little tamarack was not cut, a few ties left in the woods, some posts not peeled, etc. A…
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