Gomer v. Stockdale

During the year 1887, Laura E. Stockdale was the owner of some lands in Park county, and Matthew. C. Jackson was a mill man engaged in making lumber. In August the parties made an agreement which, in respect to those terms essential to the decision, substantially provided that Jackson might erect his mill machinery and such temporary structures as were essential to. his milling operations on certain parts of the land. The owner also sold him the tree tops, and the cut and standing timber, with the right to fell the trees and reduce them to lumber. The consideration on Jackson’s part was…