156 CONTRACTS REGARDING GROWING TIMBER 



tract provides that full payment shall be made before the 

 logs are removed from the land, 1 or where the title to 

 standing timber is immediately transferred at the time of 

 sale but the contract expressly gives the vendor a lien on the 

 trees until payment is made. 2 



120. Description of the Timber Sold. Unless a con- 

 trary intention is directly stated or may be clearly in- 

 ferred 3 from the terms of the contract, provisions as to the 

 size 4 or suitability 5 of trees to be taken will be construed 

 as referring to the size or suitability of the trees for the pur- 

 pose at the time when the conveyance was made. Where 

 the contract provided for no rule of measurement, and no 

 local usage to the contrary was shown, it has been held that 

 the diameter limit specified in the contract was to be de- 

 termined by a measurement from outside to outside, bark in- 



1. N. Y. See Arnold v. Spring, 135 N. Y. Suppl. 314 (Lien for cord wood as part 



of purchase price). Wash. Dew v. Pearson 73 Wash. 602, 132 Pac. 412. W. 

 Va. Bushkirk v. Peck, 57 W. Va. 360, 50 S. W. 432. Wis. See Bunn v. Valley 

 Lumber Co., 51 Wis. 376, 8 N. W. 232. 



2. Ala. Lbr. Co. v. Ozment 187 Ala. 237, 65 So. 792. Ga. See Guin v. Lbr. Co. 



6 Ga. app. 484, 65 S. E. 330. Me. Bradeen v. Brooks, 22 Me. 463. N. C. 

 Rogers v. Lbr. Co. 154 N. C. 108, 69 S. E. 788. (Lien waived for consideration) 

 W. Va. Wiggin v. Mankin, 65 W. Va. 219, 63 S. E. 1091. U. 'S. Cullen v. 

 Armstrong 209 Fed. 704. (Negotiation of a note taken for price does not 

 terminate lien. Can. Ford v. Hodgson, 3 Ont. L. Rep. 526. 



3. Hardison v. Dennis Simmons Lbr. Co., 136 N. C. 173, 48 S. E. 588. Cf. Bryant 



v. Bates, 39 S. W. 428, 19 Ky. L. Rep. 191 ; Wheeler v. Carpenter, 107 Pa. St. 271. 



4. Ala. Lbr. Co v. Monk, 159 Ala. 318, 49 So. 248. 



Ark. Griffin v. Anderson, Tully Co., 91 Ark. 292, 121 S. W. 297. 



Ga. Shaw v. Fender, (Ga.) 74 S. E. 792; Lbr. Co. v. Gates, 70 S. E. 672; Rob- 

 erts v.Gress, 134 Ga. 271, 67 S. E. 802. 



Ky. Cf. Leonard v. Holland, 79 S. W. 227, 25 Ky. L. Rep. 2009. 



Minn. O'Connell v. Ward, 153 N. W. 865. 



N. Y. Turner v. Bissell, 69 Misc. 167, 126 N. Y. Suppl. 234 



N. C. Williams v. Lbr. Co., 154 N. C. 306, 70 S. E. 631; Whitfleld v. Lbr. Co., 

 152 N. C. 211, 67 S. E. 512; Isler v. Lbr. Co. 146 N. C. 556, 60 S. E. 

 503; Warren v. Short, 119 N. C. 39, 25 S. E. 704; Whitted v. Smith, 

 47 N. C. 36. Cf. Goldsboro Lbr. Co. v. Hines Lbr. Co., 126 N. C. 

 554, 35 S. E. 458. 



Pa. Sniffer v. Broadhead et al., 126 Pa. 260. Cf. Dexter v. Lathrop, 136 Pa. 

 St. 565, 20 Atl. 545; Boults v. Mitchell, 15 Pa. St. 364. 



Tex. Havard v. Lbr. Co., (Tex. Civ. App.) 125 S. W. 928. 



W.Va.Darnell v. Wilmoth, 69 W. Va. 704, 72 S. E. 1023. 



5. Ala. Wright v. Lbr. Co., 186 Ala. 251, 65 So. 353; Stevenson v. Davis, 163 



Ala. 562, 50 So. 1023. Cf. Yarborough v. Stewart, 67 So. 989 (sale 

 of saw timber does not include right to turpentine.) 



Ark. Davis v. Stave Co., 113 Ark. 325. 168 S. W. 553. 



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



S. C. Timber Co. v. Pegues, 93 S. C. 82, 76 S. E. 32. 



Vt. Lbr. Co. v. Lyman, 94 Atl. 837; Fed. Lbr. Co. v. Middleby, 194 Fed. 817 

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