Snyder v. Bassler Limestone Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 272, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Lebanon Co., Sept. T., 1915, No. 15, on verdict for plaintiff in case of David Snyder v. Bassler Limestone Company. Assumpsit for breach of covenant in a lease. Before Henry, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 272, Oct. T., 1916, by defendant, from judgment of O. P. Lebanon Co., Sept. T., 1915, No. 15, on verdict for plaintiff in case of David Snyder v. Bassler Limestone Company. Assumpsit for breach of covenant in a lease. Before Henry, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Defendant presented the following point: The undisputed evidence of the plaintiff being that the contract of lease for the breach of certain covenants of which the suit was brought, was terminated July 14, 1915, while the suit was brought June 16, 1915, when it was still possible for the…
1Opinion of the Court
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Williams, J.,
This was an action of assumpsit to recover damages for the breach of a covenant in a lease of a quarry in which the defendant, as lessee, agreed, inter alia, “to use the stripping from this property to fill the building lots facing on the Lebanon pike, from the Holstein property on the west to the barn on the east, approximately leveling the ground to a height not to exceed 2% feet at any point above the pike level. Any stripping in excess of that required to fill lots as above provided, may be disposed of by the lessee as best suits its convenience. It being…
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