Hall v. Haines
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 171, Oct. T., 1909, by defendants, from judgment of C.: P. Lehigh Co., Oct. T., 1905, No. 25, for plaintiff in. case tried by the court without a jury in suit of Francis L. Hall v. Alvin S. Haines and J. Martin Koons, trading as the Provident Slate Company. Assumpsit on account rendered. The case was tried, Trexler, P. J., without a jury under the Act of April 22, 1874, P. L. 109. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 171, Oct. T., 1909, by defendants, from judgment of C.: P. Lehigh Co., Oct. T., 1905, No. 25, for plaintiff in. case tried by the court without a jury in suit of Francis L. Hall v. Alvin S. Haines and J. Martin Koons, trading as the Provident Slate Company. Assumpsit on account rendered. The case was tried, Trexler, P. J., without a jury under the Act of April 22, 1874, P. L. 109. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in entering judgment for the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Morrison, J.,
This is an action of account render tried before the judge of the court below without a jury and resulted in a judgment in favor of the plaintiff for $424.11, and the defendants appealed.
On December 23, 1899, John J. Gable and Mary E,, his wife, executed and delivered a lease for about 100 acres of land to Francis L. Hall, the plaintiff. The purpose of the lease was to mine and dig for slate and remove and transport the same therefrom. In consideration thereof, said Hall agreed to pay rental or royalty to the lessors at the rate of eight per cent of the price which…
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