Wallace v. Dorris

Citations

• 218 Pa. 534
• 67 A. 858
• 1907 Pa. LEXIS 567

Syllabus

<p>Lease — Coal lease — Extension of lease — Evidence—Question for jury.</p> <p>A coal lease provided that if the lease should not be renewed at the end of the term, the lessors should pay to the lessees a certain share of the cost of coke ovens erected on the premisés by the lessees. At the end of the term the lessees continued mining coal, making coke and paying royalties. The lessors contended that the lease had been renewed, and that they were not liable years after the termination of the original term to pay any share of the cost of the coke ovens. The lessees contended that the lease had not been renewed. The evidence on the subject was conflicting. A letter was admitted in evidence written by the lessees in reference to the renewal of the lease, just before the expiration of the term. Held (1) that the letter was properly admitted in evidence; (2) that the case was for the jury; (3) that a verdict and judgment for defendants, the lessors, should be sustained.</p> <p>Evidence — Writing—Offer of whole paper.</p> <p>Where a party offers a paper in evidence he must offer the whole of it.</p>