Walter v. Transue
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 9, Oct. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., Jan. T., 1897, No. 8, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William L. Walter v. Aaron Transue. Assumpsit for a breach of contract to lease land.
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Appeal, No. 9, Oct. T., 1900, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Northampton Co., Jan. T., 1897, No. 8, on verdict for plaintiff in case of William L. Walter v. Aaron Transue. Assumpsit for a breach of contract to lease land. Before Schuyler, P. J. The court charged as follows : This is an action brought by William S. Walter against Aaron Transue to recover damages for the alleged breach of an alleged contract of leasing. [You will naturally first inquire, what was the contract between these parties; was it a lease for five years as contended by the plaintiff, or was it a lease for a lesser…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Porter, J.,
The plaintiff in his statement alleged as his cause of action the breach of a parol agreement to lease a lot of ground to be used as a brick yard, for a period of five years ; the rent for the first year to be 150.00, and thereafter a royalty of twenty-five cents per thousand for marketable bricks manufactured. He further averred that he went into possession and made improvements, and that he was wrongfully evicted therefrom on the first day of April, 1896. In charging the jury upon the question of the plaintiff’s right to damages the learned judge concluded in the…
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