Seymour v. Slide & Spur Gold Mines

Citations

• 153 U.S. 523
• 14 S. Ct. 847
• 38 L. Ed. 807
• 1894 U.S. LEXIS 2200

Syllabus

<p>One who holds possession of real estate as manager for or under another cannot, when sued in ejectment by his principal, dispute the principal’s title.</p> <p>When such agent admits the relation and the title of his principal, there is no impropriety in the court’s directing a verdict for the plaintiff'.</p> <p>The State only can challenge the right of a foreign corporation to take and hold real estate within its-limits.</p>