Kennedy v. Ehlen
West Virginia Supreme Court
Statement of the case by GREEN, Judge : On March 24,1883, Elizabeth G. Kennedy and Martha E. Gray of the city of Baltimore, E. Boyd Pendleton and Lucinda, his wife, of West Virginia, Charlotte R. Pendleton and Alexander R. Pendleton of Virginia entered into a ■written agreement with one James A. Buchanan of Baltimore, Md., with reference to the sale and purchase of 6,000 acres of land lying partly in Berkeley county and partly in Morgan county, W. Ya.
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Statement of the case by GREEN, Judge : On March 24,1883, Elizabeth G. Kennedy and Martha E. Gray of the city of Baltimore, E. Boyd Pendleton and Lucinda, his wife, of West Virginia, Charlotte R. Pendleton and Alexander R. Pendleton of Virginia entered into a ■written agreement with one James A. Buchanan of Baltimore, Md., with reference to the sale and purchase of 6,000 acres of land lying partly in Berkeley county and partly in Morgan county, W. Ya. The following is a copy of the agreement: “ This agreement, made and executed to defendants this 24th day of March, in the year eighteen…
1Opinion of the Court
Green, Judge :
The first question presented by this record is: Did the court err in its decree of February 1,1887, refusing to remove the cause to the Circuit Court of the United States, as asked by the petition of John E. Ehlen and others ? The decree on its face shows, that the court below based this decree on these reasons: first, that this cause was matured for hearing and regularly set for hearing under the laws of this State as to all the defendants at the October term, 1886, and therefore the petition for removal, which was first presented at the January term, 1887, was not filed at the…
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