Blair's Estate v. Appliance Service Co.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Keller, P. J.,
This is an appeal by a tenant from an order of the court below, discharging a rule to show cause why a judgment in ejectment, confessed under a warrant of attorney contained in a lease, and writ of habere facias issued thereon, should not be opened. The court below refused to admit in evidence and consider a letter written by the lessor to the tenant, and parol evidence of conversations leading up to the letter, in announced reliance upon the rule laid down in Gianni v. Russell & Co., 281 Pa. 320, 126 A. 791. In our opinion the rule was misapplied, and the evidence was…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Gianni v. Russell Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1924
- Cridge's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Newland v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
- Garrison v. SalkindSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Howell Et Ux. v. WheelockSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
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