Reynolds v. Boland
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 24, Jan. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from decree of O. P. Lackawanna Co., dismissing bill in equity in case of li. B. Reynolds v. William P. Boland, C. G. Boland, Jolm A. Mears and the Peoples Coal Company. Bill in equity for specific performance. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court entered a decree dismissing the bill. Error assigned was decree of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Brown,
We glean the following from the facts found by the court below: In the year 1898, one, S. N. Stetler, secured a number of leases for coal underlying lands situated on the west side of the city of Scranton, and entered into an agreement with certain parties, among whom were the plaintiff, H. B. Reynolds, *644and the defendant, William P. Boland, for the formation of a mining corporation, to be known as the People’s Coal Company. In pursuance of this agreement a charter was secured, each of the incorporators, either personally or through others, paying his share of the…
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