Sherwood v. Saginaw

The plaintiffs bring trover to recover for a quantity of pine fencing lumber of the value of about $600, and under the evidence and charge of the court were permitted to recover.

It appears from the record that Joseph B. Walton, on the 28th of June, 1881, entered into a contract with defendant to construct a railroad track from East Saginaw to Sebewajng, and furnish the lumber for and fence the same for the sum of $2350 per mile. The contract contains fourteen clauses and- six paragraphs of specifications describing the work, the materials to be furnished, the manner of its construction, and…