Leibig v. Steiner
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon county: Of May Term 1880, No. 181. Assumpsit by Andrew Zeller against Frederick W. Steiner. After the case was at issue the death of Zeller was suggested and the name of his administrator, L. M. Leibig, substituted. The material facts will be found stated in the opinion of the court below and that of this court.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lebanon county: Of May Term 1880, No. 181. Assumpsit by Andrew Zeller against Frederick W. Steiner. After the case was at issue the death of Zeller was suggested and the name of his administrator, L. M. Leibig, substituted. The material facts will be found stated in the opinion of the court below and that of this court. At the trial, before Henderson, A. L. J., the defendant offered to prove that he had a conversation with Andrew Zeller before he moved to the farm of defendant, and that he told the witness that he was sickly and could not work any more;…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
It is agreed that there was an express contract. The plaintiff avers it was made in the spring of 1874, about a “year after Zeller moved to Steiner’s farm, and Steiner promised to give Zeller §150 a year, and his wife the same amount for the time they would stay there, from the time they came until the time they left.” This is denied by defendant, who alleges their contract was made before Zeller moved; that Zeller was to pay no rent, have feed for one horse, two cows and potato land; that he and his wife would do the work on the premises, attend their own stock, and' two cows for Steiner;…
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