Oxford Board of Trade v. Oxford Iron & Steel Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Minturn, J.

An action of ejectment was instituted by the plaintiff to recover certain lands in Oxford, in the county of *695Warren, for a breach, of a condition subsequent contained in the deed of conveyance by the plaintiff to the Delaware and Lackawanna Steel Company. For the purpose, doubtless, of encouraging the locating of manufacturing interests at Oxford, the board of trade of that municipality conveyed the locus in quo to the grantee by a deed of conveyance in fee, with a condition subsequent, as follows:

“That in the event the Delaware and…