Herring v. Cumberland Lumber Co.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeat, by defendants from Ward, J., at October Term, 1911, of SAMPSON. The facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the Court by Mr. Justice Walker.
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, J.
This action was brought to recover the amount of a penalty, imposed by a contract between the plaintiff and the Wallace Manufacturing Company, for failure to comply with one of its stipulations. The question involved arose upon the following facts:
Plaintiff and ceftain other neighboring landowners agreed to sell the timber on their lands to the said company for a stated price, and defendant agreed to pay the price and also to construct a standard-gauge railroad from Delway to Wallace, and to complete the same for use and transportation on or before 15 March,' 1908, and, upon-failure to do so,…
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