Effinger v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Delaware county. This was an ejectment by Henry Effinger against George Lewis and others, for half an acre of land, in the township of Nether Providence, in Delaware county. The case was previously before this court, and is reported in 6 Qasey 281, where the facts are fully set forth.
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Error to the Common Pleas of Delaware county. This was an ejectment by Henry Effinger against George Lewis and others, for half an acre of land, in the township of Nether Providence, in Delaware county. The case was previously before this court, and is reported in 6 Qasey 281, where the facts are fully set forth. Both parties claimed under James Sharpless, who, on the 18th September 1750, leased the premises in dispute, inter alia, to James Crozer, under whom the defendants claimed, for the term of 100 years, at the yearly rent of ¿63. The lease contained the following covenant: — “ And also,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lowrie, C. J. —
Though we decided the principle of this cause a year ago, yet the eminent counsel of the plaintiff is so earnest in the conviction that we decided it erroneously, that he has brought it here again, and asks us to reconsider our opinion; and we freely concede to- him a further expression of our views.
This lease is for one hundred years, with the right in the lessee, his heirs and assigns, to hold the premises at the same rent, as long thereafter as he or they shall think proper; and the counsel insists that, after the hundred years, this…
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