Chandler v. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co.

Appellant sued appellee' to recover rents under a gas lease upon certain lands of which she' is and was at the time of the commencement of this suit the owner. The lease provided for the annual payment of rent during its ■ continuance. The question discussed is whether the owner of land, who has executed a gas lease, ind afterward conveys the land-, is entitled to the rents maturing after the conveyance, or whether they belong to the grantee. The trial court in sustaining the demurrer to the complaint held that the rents belong to the original lessor, though maturing after the conveyance.…