Sawyer v. Hammatt
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This action was before the whole Court once before, and the report is found in 3 Fairf. 391. It was again tried before Shep-ley J., at the October term, 1836. The facts in the casé sufficiently appear in the former report and in the Opinion of the Coürt in this. The casé wás argued by who cited Pease v. Gibson, 6 Greenl. 81, and Wilson v. Reed, 3 Johns. 175. who cited Hunt v. Liver-more, 5 Pick. 395, and Davlin v. Hill, 2 Fairf. 434.
1Opinion of the Court
*41Tlie opinion of the Court was delivered at the June term, 1838, by
Shepley J.
This case having been again submitted to a jury the facts are presented in some respects differently. Another document, signed by the defendant, has been produced; and one formerly rejected as illegal, is now by the act of the other party rendered legal testimony. The defendant, by his bond to Treat and others, of the 26th of December, 1832, reserved to himself the right to cut and take from the township three millions feet of board logs. There being no time limited in the contract, the law proscribes a reasonable…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Kehoe v. BlethenNevada Supreme Court · 1876
- Coughran v. BigelowUtah Supreme Court · 1893
- Salmon Falls Manufacturing Co. v. Portsmouth Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1865