Clark v. Ingram-Day Lumber Co.
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. William II. Hardy, Judge. The lumber company, the appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; Clark, the appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
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From the circuit court of Harrison county. Hon. William II. Hardy, Judge. The lumber company, the appellee, was plaintiff in the court below; Clark, the appellant, was defendant there. From a judgment in plaintiff’s favor defendant appealed to the supreme court. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. The appellee had no right of action against the appellant for the reason that the controlling clause in the timber lehse plainly means what it expressly declares, which clause is couched in the following words: “It is further agreed to give the Gulf Coast Lumber Company three…
1Opinion of the CourtMayes, J.
On the 21st day of July, 1903, D. H. & L. J. Cowart executed the following contract to the Gulf Coast Lumber Company, viz.: “In consideration of $350 cash to me in hand, I hereby sell and warrant to the Gulf Coast Lumber Company all saw log timber on the following land, to-wit: North half of northeast quarter (N. % of N. E. %) section one (1), township seven (7), range twelve; south % of section thirty-six, township six, range twelve west. It is further agreed to give the above Gulf Coast Lumber Company three years to remove the saw logs from the above-described land from this date. Witness…
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