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CENTRAL LAND COMPANY v. LAIDLEY

No. 289.

159 U.S. 103 (1895)

CENTRAL LAND COMPANY v. LAIDLEY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 3, 1895.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. F.B. Enslow and Mr. J.H. Ferguson, (with whom was Mr. H.C. Sims on the brief,) for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W.E. Chilton and Mr. J.F. Brown, (with whom was Mr. John E. Kenna on the brief,) for defendant in error.

Mr. John B. Laidley in person also filed a brief in support of the motion to dismiss.

MR. JUSTICE GRAY, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The questions upon the merits of this case, discussed at length by counsel, were whether the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia rightly construed the provision of the Code of that State of 1868, which was, and was admitted to be, in all material respects, a reënactment of the corresponding provision of the Code of Virginia of 1860, prescribing...

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