Tyson v. Watts
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this case was filed on the 24th June 1846, by the appellant against the appellee.
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Appeal from the Court of Chancery. The bill in this case was filed on the 24th June 1846, by the appellant against the appellee. The bill alleged, that on the 8th July 1844, Thomas B. Watts entered into a written agreement with Thomas Petherick, of the State of Pennsylvania, which, after reciting that Watts had on his farm at Bare Hills, in Baltimore county, Maryland, copper and other minerals, which he was desirous to have explored and worked, and that Thomas Petherick was willing to undertake such exploration and working, declared, that T. B. W., for, &c., in consideration of one dollar…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
It appears from the record in this case, that a bill was filed in Baltimore Gounty court, as a court of equity, on the 24th of June 1846, by the appellant, as the assignee of Thomas Petherick, against the appellee, for the specific performance of an agreement, alleged to have been made between the appellee and Petherick, in June 1844.
The agreement is in the following words:
“Whereas Mr. Thomas B. Watts, of Bare Hills, near Jones Falls, in the county of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, has, on his faun at Bare Hills, above mentioned,-copper, and other minerals, and is desirous to have the…
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