Medford Lumber Co. v. Industrial Commission

The plaintiff Medford Lumber Company entered into a written contract with one Joseph Mahner whereby the said Mahner agreed to cut, log, and deliver in roll-ways at the railroad tracks all of the merchantable saw-log timber standing on lands described, “or other lands as may be agreed upon at a later date.” The contract prescribed the length into which the logs were to be cut and the minimum circumference at the top. It further prescribed that the logs should be decked in a good and workmanlike manner and the • maximum and minimum distance that they should be decked from the rail. The lumber…