Scheerer v. Stanley
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia county, in which a case was stated for the opinion of the court, with liberty to turn the same into'a special verdict. Jesse Stanley, the defendant, has' been in the possession of a-house and lot in the city of Philadelphia, since the year 1826, as tenant, from year to year, at.a rent of two hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum,, payable quarterly, on the 20th days of February, May, August, and November.
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Writ of error to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia county, in which a case was stated for the opinion of the court, with liberty to turn the same into'a special verdict. Jesse Stanley, the defendant, has' been in the possession of a-house and lot in the city of Philadelphia, since the year 1826, as tenant, from year to year, at.a rent of two hundred and twenty-five dollars per annum,, payable quarterly, on the 20th days of February, May, August, and November. Pie came into possession of the property as the tenant of the widow Cumpston, to whom the same belonged. By virtue of a writ of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Gibson, C. J.
— On receiving the sheriff’s deed, the title of the purchaser may, for some purposes, be referred to what is popularly called the sale; and there is a dictum to that effect in the opinion of the court in Hawk v. Stouch, 5 Serg. & Rawle, 157. It was, however, ruled in that case, that he cannot previously give notice to quit, for the purpose of founding a proceeding to recover the possession; and it seems as clear, that he cannot give notice of his purchase to entitle himself, to the rent. It is expressly declared, that he shall be…
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- Hawk v. StouchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1819
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