Opinion ID: 461071
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Liquidated Damage Clause

Text: 3 The contract provided that Petersen would clear the forest of designated timber, marked with yellow Forest Service tracer paint, and that Petersen would pay a fixed price for the timber. It also provided that if Petersen should negligently or willfully damage or cut additional timber, the government could order Petersen to pay for the additional timber. 4 Petersen's and Dickison's contention that the contract gave purchasers a carte blanche to cut all the trees in a national forest that they wished to is incredible. The contract provided the government with a convenient means to assure that contractors paid for all the timber that they took. Moreover, the timber in Petersen's and Dickison's possession were not included or designated by the Forest Service. As such, the provisions in the contract did not apply to that timber.