Legal Opinion
Sproul v. Help Yourself Store Co.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided December 22, 1926No. 3493PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.
Krieger occupied premises under a lease which gave the lessor the right to increase the rent or declare the lease forfeited in the event of the lessee’s bankruptcy. When eventually that happened the lessor elected to declare a forfeiture, and the controversy (whieh we shall state presently) was brought before the District Court, sitting as a court of bankruptcy, in a proceeding authorized by an Aet of the Assembly of Pennsylvania known as the “Declaratory Judgments Aet” (approved June 18, 1923 [P. L. 840; Pa. St. Supp. 1924, §§ 12805al to 12805al6]), whieh enables…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Washington N. Gas Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1889
- Conger v. . DuryeeNew York Court of Appeals · 1882
- Porter v. MerrillMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1878
- In re Manhattan Piggly-Wiggly Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1923
- Smuller v. Union Canal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1860
3Cited by5 opinions
- In Re By-Rite Distributing, Inc.United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Utah · 1985
- In re Newkirk Mining Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1964
- City of Philadelphia v. StraubCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1939
- In re Wise Shoe Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1938
- In re Benson & Kimler, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1928