Jennisons v. Leonard
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Michigan; the case being thus: Leonard owning certain timber lands in Michigan, agreed on the 1st of September, 1865, with one Cole, who was*engaged in the lumber business and meant to cut the timber from them, to sell the lands to him for $27,000, payable, with iuterest, in three yearly payments; $10,000 in the first and second years, each, and $7000 in the third and last.
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Error to the Circuit Court for the Western District of Michigan; the case being thus: Leonard owning certain timber lands in Michigan, agreed on the 1st of September, 1865, with one Cole, who was*engaged in the lumber business and meant to cut the timber from them, to sell the lands to him for $27,000, payable, with iuterest, in three yearly payments; $10,000 in the first and second years, each, and $7000 in the third and last. The manner in which the said yearly payments were to be made was thus: Cole was to cut not less than three million feet of logs in each of the three years, and to pay…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hunt
There is but a single question of law in the case, viz.: are the facts found sufficient to support the judgment? This question may be affected by a greater or less number of considerations, but it is the sole question.
There are no exceptions to the rulings of the court in the progress of the triai, and no objection of that character can now be heard. We are authorized b}' the statute of March 3d, 1865, where the finding of facts is special, to review “ the determination of the sufficiency of the facts found to support the judgment,” * and we are authorized to examine no other question. In…
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