Supreme Court of Louisiana March 16, 1908, No. 16,713 (W. B. Thompson & Co. v. Union Sawmill Co.)

Statement of the Case.

NICHOLLS, J.

Plaintiffs allege that they are the owners of certain lands, which they described, and the timber thereon.

That on or about the 19th of May, 1903, they, without any consideration therefor, signed a written instrument purporting to be an offer to sell a license to cut and remove the pine timber standing on their lands to John A. McShane, of Omaha, Neb.