Krein Et Ux. v. Steigerwald

Opinion by

Parker, J.,

This is an action in assumpsit brought by the plaintiffs, grantees in a deed, to recover from the defendant, the grantor, damages for breach of a general warranty. The plaintiffs have a judgment after verdict and the defendant has appealed, assigning as errors the refusals of his motions for judgment n. o. v. and for a new trial.

Michael Steigerwald, being the owner of one hundred acres of land situated in Marshall Township, Allegheny County, granted to Forest Oil Company on January 6, 1899, a lease for the production of oil and gas for a term of twenty years. Subsequently…