Groves v. Lewis
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 1, March T., 1913, by defendants, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1909, No. 268, dismissing exceptions to report of referee in ease of T. H. Groves v. W. H. Lewis and J. W. Guernsey. Exceptions to report of F. W. Lidstone, Esq., referee.
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Appeal, No. 1, March T., 1913, by defendants, from order of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Nov. T., 1909, No. 268, dismissing exceptions to report of referee in ease of T. H. Groves v. W. H. Lewis and J. W. Guernsey. Exceptions to report of F. W. Lidstone, Esq., referee. From the record it appeared that the plaintiff had delivered to Nellie McGann, a piano, under a written agreement dated October 4,1905, by which the piano was leased to Nellie McGann in consideration of her paying to plaintiff the sum of $150. “,$25.00 to be paid as advanced rent upon the execution of this agreement and the sum of…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
This is an action of replevin brought to recover a piano and a piano stool which are conceded to have been owned by the plaintiff on and prior to October 4, 1905. On the execution of the writ, the defendant, W. H. Lewis, gave a property bond and retained the replevined goods, and issue being joined, counsel for the respective parties agreed upon a trial before Fred W. Lindstone, Esq., referee, in pursuance of the Act of Assembly of April 6, 1869, P. L. 725. That act at its passage applied only to Bradford county but it is now conceded that it was subsequently extended…
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