Reynolds v. Fuller

An assignee of an insolvent estate has a reasonable time within which to determine whether he will keep such leasehold interest as his assignor had, subject to the payment of the stipulated rent, or will abandon the premises. If he elect to retain such leasehold and consequently to pay the rent accruing thereon, the election is, if not confirmed by the court, merely personal, binding him as assignee, and does not create a claim by the landlord against the estate. Whether the court will allow such rent to be paid out of the estate, or reimburse the assignee for payment thereof by him made, is…