Jones v. Wands
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 3, Jan. T., 1896, by defendants fromjudgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1890, No. 612, on verdict for plaintiff.
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Appeal No. 3, Jan. T., 1896, by defendants fromjudgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., Sept. T., 1890, No. 612, on verdict for plaintiff. Replevin for horses, wagon, harness, etc., of value of $400. It appeared from the evidence that defendant, Wands, obtained possession in J une, 1890, of the articles in question under a contract in writing purporting to be a lease (said agreement or contract being fully set out in the opinion of the Superior Court). The agreement was signed July 1, 1890. On August 9, 1890, Wands confessed judgment in favor of Peter Milligan for $140, and on August 16, on an…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Orlady, J.,
John P. Jones delivered the possession of a span of horses., set of harness and one wagon, to Cornelius Wands, about June 1, 1890, and as evidence of the contract between .them the parties executed, on July 2,1890, the following agreement-:
“Memorandum of agreement, made and concluded this first day of July, A. D. 1890, between John P. Jones of the'city of Scranton of the one part, and C. Wands of the same place, of the other part, is as follows, to wit: The said first party hereby lets, leases and demises to the said second party the following property, to wit: One span…
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