Brown v. Beckwith
Supreme Court of Florida
This case was decided by Division A. Appealed from the Circuit Court for Hillsborough county. The facts in the case are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtWhitfield, C. J.
This appeal is from an order refusing to dissolve an injunction against chipping, boxing and turpentining pine trees on certain lands. The sole question is the construction of written instruments under which the parties assert conflicting rights.
In a contract to convey lands dated February 19, 1906, there was a reservation of “the right to box, chip and turpentine all the said lands for a period of four years from the date of the boxing of the same,” and a provision that “all boxing should be done not later than January, 1909, and that all timber shall be surrendered * ' * • * not later than…
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