Baxter v. Lyttle

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

This cause comes before the Court on appellant's Petition to Transfer. We grant the petition and thereby vacate, except insofar as it has been incorporated in this opinion, the decision of the Court of Appeals reported at 465 N.E.2d 198.

On December 11, 1980, appellant, a licensed timber buyer, contracted with three landowners to cut and remove trees on their jointly-owned property. Upon executing the contract, which provided that appellant could cut and remove trees within a two-year period, appellant paid $1,800 for the timber. On September 11, 1981, the landowners sold…