In re the Judicial Settlement of the Accounts of the Administrators of Grugan

Slater, S.

With regard to the claim presented and rejected by the administrator, the facts are these:

A lease had been entered into between Alice J. Walker and the decedent of a dwelling house in Irvington-on-Hudson, for one year from March 24, 1924, at $150 per month. The lease was extended in writing for another year. The decedent died October 15, 1925. The lease contains a covenant permitting the landlord to re-enter in default of rent, but not as agent for the tenant. It contains the covenant that the lessee pay the water rent and" also a covenant not to sublet the premises without notice…