Dixie Pine Products Co. v. Breland

On July 28, 1946, the appellee, Eugene Breland, entered into a written agreement with J. C. Schaffer, a codefendant of the appellant, Dixie Pine Products Company, whereby he was to cut certain pine and hardwood timber on the lands of Schaffer at a stated price per thousand feet of stumpage to be paid as the timber was cut and delivered by the appellee at his own sawmill. The written agreement did not describe the land, and the contract was therefore unenforceable under the statute of frauds as to the standing timber on any particular lands after the license, or permit, as evidenced by the…