Guernsey v. Froude
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 55, Jan. T., 1900, by plaintiff, in suit of J. W. Guernsey against W. O. Froude and Mrs. Wm. Froude, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1899, No. 72, on verdict for defendants. Opinion by Orlady, J. Assumpsit. It appears from tlie récord that this was an action based upon a lease for a piano. The case turned on the fact of an alleged parol agreement entered into at the time of the execution and delivery of said lease.
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Appeal, No. 55, Jan. T., 1900, by plaintiff, in suit of J. W. Guernsey against W. O. Froude and Mrs. Wm. Froude, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1899, No. 72, on verdict for defendants. Opinion by Orlady, J. Assumpsit. It appears from tlie récord that this was an action based upon a lease for a piano. The case turned on the fact of an alleged parol agreement entered into at the time of the execution and delivery of said lease. The facts connected with the circumstance are sufficiently set out in the opinion of the court. Plaintiff submitted among others the following points :…
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by Orlady, J.,
The plaintiff, through a salesman, placed a piano in the home *409of the defendants under such circumstances as to result in their executing a lease, which provided for its hire and ultimate purchase. Under this lease a judgment for $350 was entered against them, and four days later the defendants presented their petition to the court of common pleas for a rule to open the judgment, etc. After a hearing the rule was made absolute, and under an agreement of counsel an issue was framed, on the trial of which the principal contention was in regard to an alleged parol agreement,…
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