Reading Trust Co. v. Jackson
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 122, Oct. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 62, on verdict for defendant in case of Reading Trust Company, trustee of Esther J. Boas, Deceased, v. Henry H. Jackson and Jenkin Hill. Assumpsit on bond for rent. Before Ermentrotjt, P. J. Tbe facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for plaintiff.
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Appeal, No. 122, Oct. T., 1902, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Berks Co., Sept. T., 1897, No. 62, on verdict for defendant in case of Reading Trust Company, trustee of Esther J. Boas, Deceased, v. Henry H. Jackson and Jenkin Hill. Assumpsit on bond for rent. Before Ermentrotjt, P. J. Tbe facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. Error assigned was in refusing binding instructions for plaintiff. In this case the tenancy was not a tenancy from year to year and was not determined by the notice to quit, and the case cited has no application. The lease by its terms was to expire…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Beaver, J.,
Defendants were sureties for the trustees of the Northeastern Republican League of Reading, Pennsylvania, under a lease between the plaintiff and the said league for one year, with a clause relating to future occupancy as follows : “ It being hereby mutually agreed that, if the said lessee shall continue in the occupancy of the said premises after the expiration of the said term, this lease shall continue upon the same terms and conditions as are herein contained for a further period of one year, and so on from year to year until terminated by either party hereto giving…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Coe v. VogdesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1872
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