Ewing v. Cottman
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 56, Oct. T., 1898, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T.> 1897, No. 103, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit to recover arrears of rent from the surety on a lease. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $854.72. Defendant appealed.
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Appeal, No. 56, Oct. T., 1898, by-defendant, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., March T.> 1897, No. 103, on verdict for plaintiff. Assumpsit to recover arrears of rent from the surety on a lease. The facts sufficiently appear in the opinion of the court. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff for $854.72. Defendant appealed. Errors assigned were (1) in allowing the plaintiff to offer the lease in evidence as there was no proof that the plaintiff had the right to mate said lease, she being a married woman and no testimony to show that it was her separate estate. (2) In not allowing the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Ponter,
The plaintiff, who was -a married woman, kept a boarding house in the city of Philadelphia. On January 9, 1896, she entered into a written agreement with Ida M. Hobensack, leasing the house and furniture to the latter for one year, from January 15, 1896, at the annual rent of $900, payable in monthly instalments of $75.00, on the 15th of each month in advance, together with rooms and first class boarding for the plaintiff and her daughter. At the same time Cottman, the defendant, by agreement in writing became security for the performance of the covenants by lessee,…
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