Hitchcock v. Bacon
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 136 October Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 444 June Term 1886, C. P. No. 1. On May 1, 1886, a summons “in trespass on the case” was issued in a suit by Frank Bacon against L. P. Hitchcock and Sarah L., his wife, and Thomas Liggett.
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ERROR TO THE COURT OE COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OE ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 136 October Term 1887, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 444 June Term 1886, C. P. No. 1. On May 1, 1886, a summons “in trespass on the case” was issued in a suit by Frank Bacon against L. P. Hitchcock and Sarah L., his wife, and Thomas Liggett. The declaration averred that on April 13, 1885, the plaintiff was in the lawful occupancy of a store-room on the first floor of the building and premises at No. 446 Smithfield street, Pittsburgh, for the term of one year ending March 31, 1886, under a lease from said defendants ; that said…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Green :
This was an action of trespass on the case brought by a tenant against his landlord to recover damages for an alleged *281forcible eviction from tbe demised premises during the pendency of the term. The defence was that the building was removed by the authorities of the city of Pittsburgh, where it was situated, because it was in a dangerously dilapidated condition, in pursuance of a city ordinance authorizing the removal of buildings for such cause. On the trial it was proved beyond all question that the building was in fact torn down by the city officials; but the…
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