Holly v. Travis
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 38, Jan. T., 1920, from judgment of Superior Ct., March T., 1919, No. 24, reversing judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., June T., 1918, No. 181, affirming judgment of alderman, in case of S. M. Holly, otherwise known as Lottie Holly v. Wallie Travis. Appeal from judgment of Superior Court. See Holly v. Travis, 71 Pa. Superior Ct. 527. The Superior Court reversed the judgment of the court of common pleas.
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Appeal, No. 38, Jan. T., 1920, from judgment of Superior Ct., March T., 1919, No. 24, reversing judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., June T., 1918, No. 181, affirming judgment of alderman, in case of S. M. Holly, otherwise known as Lottie Holly v. Wallie Travis. Appeal from judgment of Superior Court. See Holly v. Travis, 71 Pa. Superior Ct. 527. The Superior Court reversed the judgment of the court of common pleas. See opinion of latter court in 19 Lackawanna Jurist 169, by Newcomb, J. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was, inter alia, judgment of Superior court, reversing judgment of common…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Stewart,
This appeal is from a judgment of the Superior Court-reversing a judgment of the Common Pleas Court of Lackawanna County, given in affirmance of a judgment entered before a justice of the peace in said county. The proceeding before the justice was begun by a landlord to dispossess a tenant at the expiration of the tenant’s term, and judgment was there recovered, in default of appearance by the defendant, for possession of the premises and the amount of rent claimed to be due. By writ of certiorari the record of the justice was removed to the court of common…
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