Bulkley v. Whited & Wheless, Ltd.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Second Judicial District Court, Parish of Bossier; John Thomas Watkins, Judge. Action by M. M. Bulkley and husband against Whited & Wheless, Limited. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtLand, J.
In 1894 plaintiff sold to defendant sawmill company all the merchantable pine timber on certain lands in the parish of Bossier, at the agreed price of 75 cents per thousand feet.
Defendant commenced cutting said timber in December, 1894, and continued to do so until November 1, 1901.
During this time defendant rendered statements from time to time showing amount, in feet, log measure, of the timber cut on said lands and delivered at the mill, and paid for the same according to said measurement.
This suit was filed in December, 1901, and plaintiff charged that said statements were fraudulent as…
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