Lessee of Frost v. Frostburg Coal Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
This ease was brought up by writ of error from thé Circuit Court of the United States-for the district of Maryland. The facts of the case are stated in the opiuiou of the court. The question being on the construction of a local charter, the arguments are not likely to be of general interest, and are . therefore omitted.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Nelson
This is a writ of error to .the Circuit Court of the United . States for the district of Maryland.
The action in the court'below was an ejectment brought by ■the heirs of Isaiah Frost, to recover the possession of a tract of land, situate in the county of Allegany,.Maryland.• The defence set up was a-conveyance of the land by their ancestor ■ to the defendants. The.only question in the case is,-whether or not the Frostburg Coal Company was capable of taking and holding real estate at the date of the.deed, the 13th March, 1845. '
The court charged the jury, if they found that Mechack…
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