Duffy v. Ogden
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia: Of July Term 1869: No. 162. This was a proceeding instituted, April 2d 1869, before Aider-man Delaney, by Anning A. Ogden against Thomas Duffy, to recover possession of a messuage, &c., which had been leased by the'plaintiff to the defendant for one year from the 25th of March 1868. The record of the alderman showed that on the 25th of December 1868 Ogden gave notice to Duffy to deliver to him possession of the premises at…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia: Of July Term 1869: No. 162. This was a proceeding instituted, April 2d 1869, before Aider-man Delaney, by Anning A. Ogden against Thomas Duffy, to recover possession of a messuage, &c., which had been leased by the'plaintiff to the defendant for one year from the 25th of March 1868. The record of the alderman showed that on the 25th of December 1868 Ogden gave notice to Duffy to deliver to him possession of the premises at the end of the term. Other necessary proof having been given, the alderman gave judgment that the defendant deliver up…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered,
by Agnew, J.
— This was a proceeding under the Landlord and Tenant Act of 14th December 1863. It is objected that three months’ previous notice of the landlord’s intention to repossess himself of the demised premises was not given. The last day of the lease was the 24th day of March 1869, and the notice was given on the 25th day of December 1868. Was this three months’ notice ? There has been much clashing of opinion as to the legal period of notices, and many fine distinctions drawn which need not be noticed in this case, as the question depends on the…
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