Yeager & German v. Weaver
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county: Of January Term 1870, No. 136. This was an action of assumpsit, brought Ma.y 8th 1866, by Valentine G. Weaver against William F. Yeager and Nathan German, partners trading as Yeager & German. The cause of action was the alleged violation of a contract of leasing from the defendants to the plaintiff.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county: Of January Term 1870, No. 136. This was an action of assumpsit, brought Ma.y 8th 1866, by Valentine G. Weaver against William F. Yeager and Nathan German, partners trading as Yeager & German. The cause of action was the alleged violation of a contract of leasing from the defendants to the plaintiff. The case was tried September 15th 1869, before Longaker, The plaintiff gave in evidence a lease (not under seal), dated December 28th 1865, by which the defendants agreed to lease to him an hotel in Allentown for three years from the succeeding…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Sharswood, J.
— The 1st assignment of' error is not according to the Rule VIII., 6 Harris 578. It does not quote “ the full substance of the bill of exceptions, or copy the bill in immediate connection with the specification.” It omits a very material part of the bill that the counsel objected to the evidence oflered “ as irrelevant and not the subject of damage.” We might treat the assignment as none. But the evidence was clearly relevant and the subject of damage, for it showed that the plaintiff had lost time, and been put to trouble and…
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