Sahm v. Long
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 164, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., May T., 1909, No. 38, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George G. Sahm v. Aaron L. Long. Assumpsit to recover upon the covenants of an oral lease. Before Landis, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court.
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Appeal, No. 164, Oct. T., 1911, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lancaster Co., May T., 1909, No. 38, on verdict for plaintiff in case of George G. Sahm v. Aaron L. Long. Assumpsit to recover upon the covenants of an oral lease. Before Landis, P. J. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. The court charged in part as follows: [It is the settled law, as laid down by our courts, that an illegal act cannot be the consideration of a contract, If, then, the plaintiff, Sahm, knew that Long was illegally attempting to hold the farm against Mrs. Sheaffer, and he, with this…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Porter, J.,
The plaintiff brought this action of assumpsit, founding his right to recover upon the covenants of an oral lease of a. farm for a term of one year, having been evicted during *432the term under a paramount title. He averred in his statement and, at the trial, produced evidence sufficient to sustain a finding that he had occupied the farm as a tenant under Benjamin Long, father of the defendant, as tenant from year to year, from April 1, 1903, until the death of Benjamin Long in 1904; after the death of Benjamin Long he continued to occupy the farm as tenant from year to…
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