Legal Opinion

Seyfert v. Bean

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 7, 1877PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1876, No. 106. This Avas an action of trespass on the ease by Fannie Bean against William M. Seyfert. The narr. contained counts for an eviction and for trespass de honis asportatis. Pleas, not guilty.

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Error to the Court of Common Pleas, No. 1, of Philadelphia county: Of July Term 1876, No. 106. This Avas an action of trespass on the ease by Fannie Bean against William M. Seyfert. The narr. contained counts for an eviction and for trespass de honis asportatis. Pleas, not guilty. The facts were these:— Boileau & Sankey leased a dwelling-house in Philadelphia to the plaintiff for a boarding school, for one year from September 1st 1870, at a rental of $3000, payable quarterly in advance. The lease was in their name throughout, except that the word “agents” Avas added to their signature to the…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Mercur

This was an action of trespass. The defendant in error leased a house from Boileau & Sankey. By the terms of the lease it was to be occupied as a young ladies’ private school only. She so occupied it. In this suit she claims to recover damages for an eviction from the house, and for the removal and conversion of her goods by the plaintiff in error.

All the assignments of error are to the admission of evidence. No objection is made to the charge of the court, nor to the sufficiency of the evidence to justify the verdict.

The first three assignments relate to the pertinency of the evidence to…

2Cited by12 opinions

  1. Gasner v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926
  2. Gross v. FoxDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972
  3. Dorsey v. MartinDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1945
  4. Brumbaugh v. FeldmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  5. M. H. Pickering Co. v. LichtensteinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1916

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