Robinson v. Moyer
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 1, Feb. T., 1914, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lycoming Co., June T., 1913, No. 309, reversing judgment of justice of the peace in case of Ellen Robinson v. J. W. Moyer. Appeal from judgment of justice of the peace. Before Whitehead, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was reversal of judgment of justice of the peace.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
This was a proceeding instituted by Ellen Robinson before a justice of the peace, under the Landlord and Tenant Act of December 14, 1863 (P. L. of 1864, p. 1127) and its supplements, to recover from the defendant possession of a farm. The magistrate entered judgment against the defendant, that he forthwith deliver actual possession of the premises to the plaintiff. The case was brought into the court of common pleas by writ of certiorari and the judgment was by that court reversed. The plaintiff now appeals from the judgment of the court of common pleas.
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