White v. Strong

Opinion op the - Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Affirming.

W. B. Busldrk and S. M. Croft, as partners doing business in the firm name of Kentucky River Hardwood Company and the Kentucky Union Company, made a contract with S. F. White by which he was employed to cut, haul, and deliver all the timber trees on a certain tract of land. After he had cut about 100,000 feet of the timber and was preparing to cut and deliver the balance, they filed a suit against W. H. Strong and others to quiet their title to the tract of land. The defendants in that action made their answer a counterclaim, asserting…