Welch v. Palmer

The defendants, being the owners of a tract, of timber, mainly hard-wood, entered into a contract with the plaintiffs, by which plaintiffs agreed to cut and manufacture said timber into lumber, and deliv.er the same on the docks in South Frankfort. The price agreed upon *312was’$8'per thousand feet for all except basswood and elm, and $7.75 per thousand for basswood and elm. A certain amount was to be paid each month for the logs cut and skidded, upon an estimate to be made by defendant Goodrich, or some other competent person. Of the balance all but 50 cents per thousand was to be paid each…