FREELAND v. WILLIAMS

No. 267.

131 U.S. 405 (1889)

FREELAND v. WILLIAMS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1889.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. W.L. Cole (with whom was Mr. C.C. Cole on the brief) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Charles J. Faulkner and Mr. Robert White for defendant in error.


MR. JUSTICE MILLER delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is brought before us by a writ of error directed to the judges of the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of West Virginia.

We can, perhaps, best present the questions of Federal cognizance, which are supposed to give this court jurisdiction, by a short statement of its history.

David Freeland, the present plaintiff in error, brought, in the Circuit Court of Preston County, in the State...

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