Legal Opinion

Tindal v. Wesley

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 10, 1897No. 231PublishedCited by 171 opinions

CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Harían

delivered the opinion of the court.

Wesley, a citizen of New York, brought this action in the Circuit Court of the United States against Tindal and Boyles, citizens of South Carolina, to recover the possession of certain real property in the city of Columbia, South Carolina, with damages for withholding such possession, as well as the value of the use and occupation of the premises.

The complaint alleged that on the 16th day of February, 1892, the plaintiff purchased from the commissioners of the sinking fund of South Carolina two certain parcels of land in the city of…

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