Kaufmann v. Liggett
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 16, Oct. T., 1904, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June T., 1903, No. 478, on bill inequity in case of Jacob Kaufmann et al. trading as Kaufmann Bros, formerly as J. Kaufmann & Bros., v. John Liggett et al., Trustees of Sarah L. Hitchcock, Deceased. Bill in equity for an injunction.
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Appeal, No. 16, Oct. T., 1904, by defendants, from decree of C. P. No. 1, Allegheny Co., June T., 1903, No. 478, on bill inequity in case of Jacob Kaufmann et al. trading as Kaufmann Bros, formerly as J. Kaufmann & Bros., v. John Liggett et al., Trustees of Sarah L. Hitchcock, Deceased. Bill in equity for an injunction. The prayers of the bill were as follows : 1. For an injunction restraining respondents from interfering with the complainant’s possession of the premises, and from instituting or proceeding with any proceedings at law for that purpose. 2. That the court shall fix and determine…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Potteb,
The complainants in this case, Kaufmann Brothers, leased certain premises on the southeast corner of Fifth avenue and Smithfield street in the city of Pittsburg, from Sarah L. Hitchcock for a term of years. By the leases, two in number, it was provided in language substantially identical, that the lessees should have the privilege of rerenting at the expiration of the first term, which ended April 1, 1898, for a period of five years more at a rental to be determined by four arbitrators, two selected by each party, with power in case of disagreement to choose an…
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