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reasonable time under the circumstances presented in each 

 particular case, x and the facts as they existed at the time 

 a deed was executed are the only ones to be considered in the 

 determination of this question. 2 Even where the time 

 within which removal is to be accomplished is fixed, a rea- 

 sonable extension of the time for the removal will be allowed 

 in some jurisdictions; but this extension subsequent to the 

 expiration of the limited time, and the allowance of a rea- 

 sonable time for the commencement and completion of 

 operations, where the limited period does not begin to run 

 until cutting commences, are likewise subject to limitations. 

 In several cases in which contracts have provided for a cer- 

 tain* cutting period after operations should begin, courts 

 have held the periods claimed by the purchasers for re- 

 moval to be unreasonable as a matter of law. 3 Where the 

 time for the removal is not definitely fixed in the contract, 

 the length of time which should be held reasonable may be 

 affected by the conduct of the owner of the land. If the 



1. Ark. Earl v. Harris, 137 S. W. 806; Fletcher v. Lyon, 93 Ark. 5, 123 S. W. 801; 



Stave Co. v. Sims, 84 Ark. 603; 106 S. W. 959; Listen v. Lbr. Co., 91 

 S. W. 27. 



Fla. Land Co. v. Parker, 64 Fla. 371, 59 So. 959; Land Co. v. Adams, 54 Fla. 

 550, 45 So. 492. 



Ga. Branch v. Johnson, (Ga. App.) 71 S. E. 1123; Mills v. Ivey, 3 Ga. App. 

 557, 60 S. E. 299; Lbr. Co. v. Gates, 70 S. E. 672 (15 years not unreason- 

 able as a matter of law); Warren v. Ash, 129 Ga. 329, 58 S. E. 55S: Mc- 

 Rae v. Stillwell, 111 Ga. 65, 36 S. E. 604. 



Ky. Evans v. Dobbs 112 S. W. 667 (hiatus in operations). See Mineral Etc. 

 Co. v. Lbr. Co. 148 Ky. 82, 146 S. W. 438. 



La. Cf. Palmer v. Lbr. Co., 125 La. 31, 51 So. 58. 



Mass. Gilmore v. Wilbur, 12 Pick. (Mass.) 120; Hill v. Hill, 113 Mass. 103, 18 

 Am. Rep. 455. 



Mich. Oconto v. Lundquist, 119 Mich. 264; Wood v. Elliott, 51 Mich. 320. 



N. H. Hoit v. Stratton, Mills Lbr. Co., 54 N. H. 452. 



N. Y. Bennett v. Scutt, 18 Barb. (N. Y.) 347. 



N. C. Byrd v. Sexton, 161 N. C. 569, 77 S. E. 697. 



Pa. Boults v. Mitchell, 15 Pa. St. 364; Andrews v. Wade, 6 Atl. 48. 



S. C. Cf. Minshaw v. Lbr. Corp., 96 S. C. 8, 81 S. E. 1027; Lbr. Co. v. Alderman, 

 80 S. C. 106, 61 S. E. 217. See also McClary v. Lbr. Corp. 90 S. C. 153, 

 72 S. E. 145. 



Tenn. Carson v. Three States Lbr. Co., 108 Term. 681, 69 S. W. 320. 



Tex. Beauchamp v. Williams (Civ. App.) 115 S. W. 130. 



Vt. Lbr. Co. v. Lyman, 94 Atl. 837. 



Va. Young v. Mfg. Co., 110 Va. 678, 66 S. E. 843. 



U. S. Knox & Lewis v. Alwood, 228 Fed. 753 (Georgia case.) 



2. Allison v. Wall, 121 Ga. 822, 49 S. E. 831. 



3. Ky. Dev. Co. v. Lbr. Co., 154 Ky. 523, 157 S. W. 1109 (14 years). 



N. C. Bunch v. Lbr. Co., 134 N. C. 116, 46 S. E. 24 (13 years); Gay Mfg. Co. v. 



Hobbs, 128 N. C. 46, 38 S. E. 26, 83 Am. St. Rep. 661. 

 Tex. Oil Co. v. Boykin (Civ. App.) 153 S. W. 1176 (11 years). 

 Va. Carpenter v. Mfg. Co., 71 S. E. 559 (15 years not unreasonable). 



