Sun Lumber Co. v. Thompson Land & Coal Co.

I do not concur in the affírmanee of the decree of the trial court for the following reasons:

I think that the action of the court in this suit gives force and effect to an inequitable principle whereby the plaintiff loses valuable property rights.

■ The opinion of the courts in other jurisdictions are varied and divergent. Some courts hold that writings, similar to that here considered, grant a mere license to remove the timber from the land for a reasonable time. Other jurisdictions take the position that such rights constitute a lease oh the land for the purpose of the timber operations.…