Thornton v. George

John B. George instituted proceedings to foreclose his lien against J. A. Thornton, alleging, in substance, that he furnished Thornton for the use of his steam sawmill a number of logs to be converted into lumber, “at an agreed or contract price of one half of all the lumber sawed by said mill, the price of the lumber to be sold being sixty cents per hundred feet; ” that the logs furnished were articles necessary to carry on the work of the sawmill, and were of the aggregate value of $1,080; and that after allowing a specified credit paid to the plaintiff by the defendant, there was still due…