Sprout v. Mints
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Sullivan County
No. 2 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 2 February Term 1886, C. P., in Equity. To the number and term of the court below, A. B. Sprout filed a bill in equity, against A. M. Mints, averring in substance as follows: That being the owner of certain timber lands in Sullivan county, on January 21,1885, he entered into a written contract with the defendant, which provided: “ That the said A. M. Mints agrees to cut timber and peel bark and pile the same by the main…
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No. 2 January Term 1889, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 2 February Term 1886, C. P., in Equity. To the number and term of the court below, A. B. Sprout filed a bill in equity, against A. M. Mints, averring in substance as follows: That being the owner of certain timber lands in Sullivan county, on January 21,1885, he entered into a written contract with the defendant, which provided: “ That the said A. M. Mints agrees to cut timber and peel bark and pile the same by the main roadside, east side of the tract, all in good saving order, for $2 per cord of 2,240 lbs.; also to cut logs, stock and saw…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mb. Justice Williams :
This litigation grows out of a written contract for the manufacture of lumber. The questions raised relate to the extent and manner of the performance, and are properly within the jurisdiction of a court of law. The facts as found by the master or as gathered from the bill, answer and proofs are these:
Sprout was the owner of about three hundred acres of timber land in Sullivan county. Mints was the owner of a portable saw-mill, seeking employment for it and for himself. They entered into an agreement in writing on January 21, 1885, by which Mints agreed to remove…
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