School District of the City of Harrishurg v. Long
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to tbe Common Pleas of Dauphin County to review a judgment on a verdict for tbe plaintiff in an action of debt Tbis was an action, begun before an alderman, by Long against tbe school district of tbe city of Harrisburg, to. recover $150 rent reserved in a written lease of a school bouse and lot of ground known as tbe Springdale school property by him to tbe school board.
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Error to tbe Common Pleas of Dauphin County to review a judgment on a verdict for tbe plaintiff in an action of debt Tbis was an action, begun before an alderman, by Long against tbe school district of tbe city of Harrisburg, to. recover $150 rent reserved in a written lease of a school bouse and lot of ground known as tbe Springdale school property by him to tbe school board. Upon appeal from tbe judgment of tbe alderman for tbe plaintiff, the plaintiff at the trial proved that tbe lease was executed by himself and by tbe president and secretary of tbe school board in pursuance of a…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Oueiam:
The defendant below was the lessee of the plaintiff; and there is no proof that the lease was obtained from the school district by any species of craft or fraud. The court, therefore, properly held that the tenant could not impeach its lessor’s title.
The judgment is affirmed.
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