Knickerbocker Trust Co. v. Ryan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan. T., 1909, by plaintiffs, from judgment of C. P. No. 4, Phila. Co., Dec. T., 1906, No. 3,943, on verdict for defendants in case of Knickerbocker Trust Company and William B. Randall, Trustees, v. James J. Ryan and John A. Kelley, Copartners, trading as Ryan and Kelley. Assumpsit for rental of cars. Before Carr, J. Errors, assigned among others were (1) admission of check as abové; (7, 8, 9, 12, 13) above instructions, quoting them.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bt
Mr. Justice Mestrezat,
February 21, 1910:
We are not convinced that there is any reversible error in this record. The statement avers that by the contract the lessees agreed “to pay to the lessors the rental of $5.00 per car for each and every day after the said date of July 9,1905, until said twenty-four cars were returned to the lessors,” and that the totalj number of days fot which the twenty-four cars were held after July 9, the expiration of the term, “was equivalent to the detaining of one car for 1,095 days, for each and every of which days the rental of $5.00 was due from the…
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