Williams v. Guffy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 26, Oct. T., 1896, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May Term, 1894, No. 602, on verdict for defendants. Assumpsit on a gas lease.
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Appeal, No. 26, Oct. T., 1896, by plaintiff, from judgment of O. P. No. 3, Allegheny Co., May Term, 1894, No. 602, on verdict for defendants. Assumpsit on a gas lease. The material portions of the lease were as follows: “This lease, made this 11th day of December, A. d. 1885, by and between Gotleab Minsinger of the county of Allegheny and state of Pennsylvania of the first part, and J. M. Guffey & Co., of Pittsburg, Penna., of the second part, “ Witnesseth, That the said party of the first part, in consideration of the stipulations, rents and covenants hereinafter contained, on the part of…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Ctjriam,
The learned trial judge was clearly right in refusing to withdraw the case from the jury by giving the binding instructions recited in the first specification of error.
We find no error in either of the excerpts from the charge recited in the three remaining specifications respectively; nor do we think there is any question in either of them that calls for discussion. The assignments of error are accordingly dismissed, and the judgment affirmed.
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