Flanigen v. City of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error, to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an amicable action of ejectment between the City of Philadelphia and Joseph R. Flanigen, instituted under the following circumstances. The plaintiff leased to the defendant the premises in controversy (No. 136 South Third Street), for one year. The lease contained this clause:— 6th.
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Error, to the District Court of Philadelphia. This was an amicable action of ejectment between the City of Philadelphia and Joseph R. Flanigen, instituted under the following circumstances. The plaintiff leased to the defendant the premises in controversy (No. 136 South Third Street), for one year. The lease contained this clause:— 6th. “ That if he (plaintiff in error) shall in any particular violate any one of his said covenants, then the lessor may cause a notice to be left on the premises of her intention to determine this lease, and at the expiration of five days from the time of so…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, by
Agnew, J.
There is nothing on this record to justify a reversal of the judgment. The description of the cause of action is meagre, but not wholly indefinite. The ejectment is “for the premises situated No. 136 South Third street, in the city of Philadelphia.” In a city having a known system of notation, regulated by municipal laws, recognised in the transactions of general business and acted upon by every one, the description of a parcel of ground, or the messuage thereon, by a number is sufficiently definite. The state adopted a system of notation by…
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