Bewley v. Tams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
This ease came up from the Nisi Prius, Philadelphia. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Bewley & Vanhorn to recover damages from the defendants, Tams & Sloat, for an alleged breach of contract.
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This ease came up from the Nisi Prius, Philadelphia. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Bewley & Vanhorn to recover damages from the defendants, Tams & Sloat, for an alleged breach of contract. On the 20th of December, 1843, one Thomas Matlack rented to one James G. Wilson certain rooms in a building situate in the county of Philadelphia, at the north-west corner of Schuylkill Eighth and Hamilton streets, for the term of three years, ending December 20th, 1846. Some time prior to the 30th of January, 1845, James G. Wilson assigned his interest in the lease to George B. Sloat, one of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Black, C. J.
Sloat and Enos were patent planers, and carried on their business as partners in a building for which they had a lease extending to the 20th of December, 1846. There being more room in the building than was necessary for their own purposes, Sloat, without the authority or knowledge of Enos, sub-let a part of it to Bewley & Vanhorn, the plaintiffs, until the 16th of March, 1847—a time which reached three months beyond the period of the lease which Sloat & Enos themselves had. The lease made by Sloat to the plaintiffs was under seal, and…
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