Thompson v. Potlatch Corp.

BRADLEY D. Jesson, Chief Justice.

Appellant Larry Thompson, an officer of the Pair-O-Geese Hunting Club, claims that the Potlatch Corporation orally agreed to lease the club hunting and trapping rights to certain lands in Bradley County. When Podatch leased the rights to others, Thompson fried suit for specific performance. The chancellor ruled against the club, finding that no contract had been formed between Pair-O-Geese and Potlatch. We affirm.

Hunting clubs such as Pair-O-Geese have, for many years, hunted the woods of Bradley County on land now owned by Potlatch. In 1989, rumors began to…