Hottel v. Swanson

Defendant, by virtue of a written contract entered into between the parties, employed plaintiff to cut, skid, load and haul logs to defendant’s mill. The contract provided that defendant would pay five dollars per thousand for all logs delivered to the mill, payments to be made between the first and tenth of each month. The contract purported to set forth the obligations of the parties thereunder, and the .concluding paragraph read as follows:

“Said party of the second part [defendant] reserves the right to hold back, twenty-five cents (25c) per thousand if said party of the first part fails…