LESSEE OF FROST ET AL. v. FROSTBURG COAL CO.


65 U.S. 278 (____)

24 How. 278

THE LESSEE OF ISAIAH FROST AND OTHERS, PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. THE FROSTBURG COAL COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Davis and Mr. Shackelford for the plaintiffs in error, and by Mr. Price and Mr. Pearre for the defendants.


Mr. Justice NELSON delivered the opinion of the court.

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...

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