Harper & Brother Co. v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No, 275, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1910, No. 3161, on directed verdict for defendants in tbe case of Harper & Brother Company v. Joseph T. Jackson, trading as J. T. Jackson Company. Assumpsit to recover damages for eviction. Before Ormerod, J. Opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for the defendant by direction of the court and judgment thereon.
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Appeal, No, 275, Jan. T., 1912, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. No. 5, Philadelphia Co., Dec. T., 1910, No. 3161, on directed verdict for defendants in tbe case of Harper & Brother Company v. Joseph T. Jackson, trading as J. T. Jackson Company. Assumpsit to recover damages for eviction. Before Ormerod, J. Opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. Verdict for the defendant by direction of the court and judgment thereon. Error assigned, inter alia, was in directing the verdict for the defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Moschzisker,
The plaintiff company brought this action in assumpsit against the defendant, Joseph T. Jackson, trading as Joseph T. Jackson & Co., to recover damages alleged to have been suffered as the result of its enforced removal from a property leased to it by the defendant. In June, 1908, Jackson, purporting to act as agent for the several owners of the Miles building, leased the fourth floor thereof to the plaintiff for a term of five years; the written lease was signed by Jackson & Co., as agent for the owners, naming them, and the lessee went into possession. In…
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