McDurfee v. Buck

The plaintiffs are father and son. John, the father, owned a farm in Sandgate. Robert, the son, owned a lot in that town and the cutting rights on the “Woodcock farm,” so-called, also in Sandgate. It was the claim of the plaintiffs that the defendant bought of them the standing timber on all of the lands referred to, and contracted with them to cut and saw the logs therefrom. The action is contract with the common counts as a complaint, and the answer is a general denial. A jury trial resulted in a verdict for the plaintiffs and the defendant is the excepting party.

At the close of the…