Oakford v. Hackley
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Pennsylvania
This was a suit in equity, by James W. Oakford. against Mrs. Frances A. Hackley, to enforce the specific performance of an agreement to enter into a lease of certain coal lands owned by defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
BUFFI XG TOA, District Judge.
This is a bill to enforce specific performance of an agreement for a lease of coal land in Lackawanna county. The bill was filed in the court of common pleas of that county,, and by the respondent, a citizen of the state of New York, removed to the circuit court The proofs show that Frances A. Hackley, the respondent, by the will of her husband, who died in the summer of 1894, became the owner in fee of 150 acres of land situate in Lackawanna county, known as the “Thomas Bell Tract,” and under-laid with anthracite coal. By letter of attorney, dated August 1, 1894,…
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