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tion that no one shall be deprived of a substantial property 

 right without due compensation, such statutes will be sus- 

 tained by the courts. * 



149. Contracts for the Floating of Logs. The 



usual rules of law are applicable to contracts for the driving 

 of logs. 2 There must be an unqualified acceptance of a 

 definite offer. 3 If a contract does not clearly provide that 

 performance shall be complete within a definite time, 4 

 performance within a reasonable time will be considered a 

 sufficient compliance with the terms of the contract. 5 

 Reasonable care must be exercised by the one driving the 

 logs. 6 Release from a contract is not ordinarily effected 

 by a change in circumstances for which the other party is 

 not responsible, even though such change imposes an addi- 

 tional burden and responsibility on the one who is to do the 



(Footnote 7 concluded from preceding page) 

 Minn. Act. Mar. 1, 1856; Act. July 28, 1858 (See Stat. Minn. 1849-58, p. 827) 



Gen. St. Minn. 1913, Tiffany, Sec. 5433-5437. 

 Nev. Act. Mar. 3, 1866, Laws of Nev. 1866, p. 198 (Gen. ift. Nev. 1885, Sec. 



1065. 

 N. Y. Act April 4, 1806, Ch. 139, Laws New York, W. & S. Albany, 1806, 



Vol. 4, p. 541; Act. Mar, 31, 1807 Ch. 78, Vol. 5 p. 93; Act April 5. 



1810, Ch. 180, Vol. 6 p. 34. 



Pa. Act Mar. 23, 1803, Laws Pa. 1810, Vol. 4 p. 20, Ch. 2342. 

 S. C. Act of 1856, Stat. at L. Vol. 12, p. 517; Same Code 1912, Sec. 1410. 

 Va. Act Mar. 4, 1880, Sess Laws p. 172 (Code 1904, Sec. 3876) 

 Wyo. Act Dec. 9, 1869, Gen'l Laws 1st Sess. Terr. Ass., p. 324. 



1. Simons v. Munch, 107 Minn. 370, 120 N. W. 373; 121 N. W. 878; Power Co. v. 



Boom Co. 43 Minn. 380, 45 N. W. 714; Mille Lac. Imp. Co. v. Bassett, 32 Minn. 

 375, 20 N. W. 363; Anderson v. Munch, 29 Minn. 414, 13 N. W. 192; Lamprey 

 v. Nelson 24 Minn. 304. 



Denton v. State, 72 App. Div. 248, 76 N. Y. Suppl. 167: Morris v. King, 18 Barb. 

 (N. Y.) 277. 



2. See Nav. Co. v. Salt etc. Co. 174 Mich. 1, 14O N. W. 565; Nav. Co. v. Filer, 



(Mich.) 151 N. W. 1025; Blakely v. Lbr. Co. 121 Minn. 280, 141 N. W. 172; 

 Coleman v. Boom Co. 114 Minn. 443, 127 N. W. 192, 131 X. W. 641; 35 L. 

 R. A! 1109; McGuire v. Lbr. Co. 97 Minn. 293, 107 N. W. 130: Phalen v. Lbr. 

 Co. 136 Wis. 571, 118 N. W. 219; Ball v. McCaffrey, 20 Can. S. Ct. 319. 



3. Seaton v. Pere Marquette Boom Co., 84 Mich. 178, 47 N. W. 560; Ames v. Port 



Huron Log Driving Etc. Co., 6 Mich. 266: Wausau Boom Co. v. Plummer, 

 35 Wis. 274: See Stewart v. Milliken, 30 Mich. 503; Lbr. Co. v. Boom Corp. 

 115 Minn. 296, 132 N. W. 259; Boom Corp. v. Lbr. Co. 27 Ont. L. 131, 4 Ont. 

 W. N. 5. 22 Ont. W. R. 952. 



4. Gainor v. Cheboygan River Boom Co., 86 Mich. 112, 48 N. W. 487; Darrah v. 



Gow, 77 Mich. 16, 43 N. W. 851. 



5. Bonifay v. Hassell, 100 Ala. 269, 14 So. 46: Francis v. Shearer, (Ky. 1891) 16 



S. W. 365, 17 S. W. 165, 13 Ky. L. Rep. 283; Hopkins v. Sanford, 41 Mich. 

 243, 2 N. W. 39; Whalon v. Aldrich, 8 Minn. 346; Garvin v. Gates, 73 Wis. 

 513, 41 N. W. 621 ; Cohn v. Stewart, 41 Wis. 527. 



. Palmer v. Penobscot Lumbering Asso., 90 Me. 193; See Tingley v. Bellingham 

 Bay Boom Co., 5 Wash. 644. 



