Jordan v. Jones

Jordan, a landowner, agreed with Adams, a laborer, that the latter might cut certain trees -standing upon the land of Jordan, and, after drifting and rafting them from .a lake near-by to a river, deliver them to Snell who there had a sawmill upon a barge. It wras agreed that Snell should reserve for Jordan $2.50 per thousand feet, and should not pay such $2.50 to Adams. In pursuance of this agreement, Adams cut .some of the timber and transported it to the sawmill of Snell, who held the agreed amount for Jordan. After this it seems *48that Adams abandoned the enterprise, leaving in the swamp…