Fish v. Murrell

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Sampson

— Affirming.

In May, 1919, appellant, George C. Fish, sold all the standing timber, except beech, on a 200-acre tract of land in Rockcastle county to the Wood-Mosaic Company of New Albany, Indiana, for the sum of $1,250.00, cash in hand paid, with this provision in the written contract:

“The purchaser is hereby granted the right to enter upon such lands for the purpose of cutting and removing said trees by the most practical route at any time within two years from date.”

Contracts containing terms similar to the foregoing have frequently been before this court…