Legal Opinion

Kershaw v. Supplee

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 15, 1829PublishedCited by 18 opinions

This cáse came before the court on a writ of error to the District Court for the city and county of Philadelphia, in which judgment was rendered for the defendant, upon a case stated in the nature .of a special verdict. . . ' • -

1Opinion of the CourtHuston, J.

From the case, which I could wish was in some respects more fully stated, it appears that John Supplee, by indenture dated the 30th of July, 1804, demised to William Mitchell and John G. Baxter,, their executors, administrators and assigns, certain -premises in Rlockley township, for the term of 15 years, reciting the intention of the lessees to erect thereon certain mills for carrying on a manufactory of cotton, &c.; and it was covenanted that if the lessor, his heirs or assigns, shall pay to the lessees the’value of such buildings as they shall erect, (which .value is to be ascertained in…

2Cited by18 opinions

  1. Gordon v. PrestonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1833
  2. Pollard v. ShafferSupreme Court of the United States · 1787
  3. Toevs v. MilyardCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2014
  4. Nicoletti v. Allegheny County Airport AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. Waldron v. WahlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1926

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