Frostburg Coal Co. v. Thistle
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Equity side of tbe Circuit Court for Allegany County The bill in this case was filed by the appellants on tbe l?th of May 1858, for an injunction to stay proceedings on a judgment in ejectment obtained against them by the appellees, and also to compel the specific performance of an alleged contract of sale of certain lands embraced in the ejectment case.
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Appeal from the Equity side of tbe Circuit Court for Allegany County The bill in this case was filed by the appellants on tbe l?th of May 1858, for an injunction to stay proceedings on a judgment in ejectment obtained against them by the appellees, and also to compel the specific performance of an alleged contract of sale of certain lands embraced in the ejectment case. The injunction was issued as prayed, but afterwards, upon motion dissolved; and from the order dissolving the injunction, the complainant appealed. The material allegations of the bill and answer, and the testimony in the…
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
The bill in this case was filed by the appellant for the purpose of obtaining the specific performance of an alleged contract for the sale of a lot of land made by George Thistle, now deceased, w?th o.nc Mohos Rawlings.
The material averments of the bill are, that Thistle gave the land into Rawling’s possession in payment of a debt, and that it was afterwards sold by Rawlings to James D. Armstrong, and by Armstrong to Meschach Frost, from whom it was purchased by the appellant. The answer admits the. intermediate conveyances from Rawlings to the appellant, but denies that Thistle ever sold, or…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Thistle v. Frostburg Coal Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1856
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