Bowman v. Bradley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 11, May T., 1892, by defendant, Patrick P. Bradley, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., June T., 1890, No. 317, on verdict for plaintiff, Henry Bowman. Trespass for an alleged unlawful entry into dwelling-house. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows, by Simonton, P. J.: [“ Endeavor to ascertain, in the first place, whether this was a renting for a year or not.
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Appeal, No. 11, May T., 1892, by defendant, Patrick P. Bradley, from judgment of C. P. Dauphin Co., June T., 1890, No. 317, on verdict for plaintiff, Henry Bowman. Trespass for an alleged unlawful entry into dwelling-house. The facts appear by the opinion of the Supreme Court. The court charged in part as follows, by Simonton, P. J.: [“ Endeavor to ascertain, in the first place, whether this was a renting for a year or not. Did the plaintiff rent that house for a year? Was the contract between the parties that he was to be employed for a year? And in connection with that a question of law has…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Williams,
The question on which this case turns is one of considerable practical importance, and in this state it seems to be an open one. The learned trial judge finding no precedent in our own reports to guide him turned to the English courts, and followed what he believed to be the rule held by them. He stated at the same time that the question was one that could “ only be settled by a decision of the Supreme Court.” The facts on which the question arises are mainly undisputed. They show that Bradley owned a farm in Dauphin county containing about twenty-nine acres.…
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