Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County July 3, 1856 (Short Mountain Coal Co. v. Boas)

By the Court.

In this case a motion was made for a continuance at January Term, 1856. The cause was immediately placed by the defendant on the trial list for an adjourned court in March, 1856. During both of these terms Mr. Tyson, president of the coal company, was absent at Washington, attending to his duties as a member of Congress.