Myers v. Litts
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 275, Jau. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., May T., 1894, No. 264, on verdict for defendant, in case of A. S. Myers v. William P. Litts. Trespass to recover damages for the alleged wrongful removal and sale of stock and farming implements.
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Appeal, No. 275, Jau. T., 1899, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., May T., 1894, No. 264, on verdict for defendant, in case of A. S. Myers v. William P. Litts. Trespass to recover damages for the alleged wrongful removal and sale of stock and farming implements. Before Abchbald, P. J. At the trial counsel for plaintiff offered to prove by the plaintiff that on or about August 21,1893, in tbe city of Scranton, the witness entered into a verbal lease with Susan A. Vosburg,who at that time was the owner of the farm and personal property in question, by which he became the…
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Opinion by
Mb. Justice Fell,
The assignment to be noticed relates to the competency of the plaintiff as a witness in his own behalf. The action was trespass to recover damages for the alleged wrongful removal and sale of stock and farming implements, the right to the possession of which the plaintiff claimed. The property in question was owned by Susan A. Vosburg. The plaintiff claimed that he had entered into an oral lease with her for her farm and the stock and implements for one year, and his right to the possession of the property was based on the. lease. The defendant Litts sold the…
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