Treisch v. Doster

The plaintiff, Treisch, filed a petition against the defendants, the substance of which was that the plaintiff, owner of a tract of timber lands, executed a lease, under the terms of which he sold and conveyed, for a period of four years, to P. E. Doster, who subsequently assigned the lease to J. E. Holt, all timber upon a described tract of land “for the purpose of boxing, working, and otherwise using said timber for turpentine purposes.” ' The lease contained the further clause: “It is agreed not to cut streaks closer than three inches.” The petition alleges that the defendants have…