Consolidated Coal Co. v. Peers

Joshua S. Peers and Adeline C. Peers, lessors in a mining lease made to the Abbey Coal and Mining Company, brought assumpsit, on the 26th day of September, 1888, against the Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, as assignee of the lease by deed poll from said Abbey Coal and Mining Company. No demurrer was interposed to the declaration, and the issue joined upon a plea of non-assumpsit was submitted to the court without a jury. The finding of the court was for the plaintiffs, and the damages were assessed at $1200. A motion for a new trial was made, which was overruled, and an exception…