Legal Opinion
Connecticut Valley Lumber Co. v. Stone
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 10, 1914No. 215PublishedCited by 2 opinions
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Vermont. Action by Eugene Stone against the Connecticut Valley Dumber Company. Judgment for plaintiff; and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
Stone, the plaintiff below, entered into a contract to cut, haul and deliver on the bank of the Connecticut river at the rate of 2,000,000 board feet per year all the soft wood in a specified territory estimated to contain from 6,000,000 to 8,000,000 feet. The material provisions of-the contract are:
“The timber is to be delivered at the rate of 2 million board feet per year and to continue at this rate until the land is all cut over.
“Scale. — The timber is to be scaled sound by the Maine or Holland rule, the scaler furnished and paid by the company and boarded by Stone.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Madunkeunk Dam & Improvement Co. v. E. F. Allen Clothing Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1906
- Manufacturers National Bank v. Hollingsworth & Whitney Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1909
- Robinson v. FiskeSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1845
- Bailey v. BlanchardSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1873
3Cited by2 opinions
- Billings v. Missoula White Pine Sash Co.Montana Supreme Court · 1930
- Hayday v. Hammermill Paper Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1931