Mickle's Administrator v. Miles
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Warren county. Francis Mickle, on the 17th day of December, 1849, leased, from Frederick Miles, a farm and a quantity of personal property, in consideration for which, said Mickle was to pay said Miles, $481.66, Dec. 1, 1850 — $495, Dec. 1, 1851 — and $495, Dec. 1,1852. On the 25th day of October, 1850, Mickle leased the same property, with some reservations, to one Walker Northrop, who took possession, and continued the same to the…
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Warren county. Francis Mickle, on the 17th day of December, 1849, leased, from Frederick Miles, a farm and a quantity of personal property, in consideration for which, said Mickle was to pay said Miles, $481.66, Dec. 1, 1850 — $495, Dec. 1, 1851 — and $495, Dec. 1,1852. On the 25th day of October, 1850, Mickle leased the same property, with some reservations, to one Walker Northrop, who took possession, and continued the same to the termination of the lease, paying rent to Mickle. Francis Mickle died in July, 1852, and letters of administration were…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered
by Lowrie, J.
— Legal definitions are, for the most part, inductive generalizations derived from our juridical experience ; and, in order to be complete and adequate, they must sum up the results of all that experience, as they are to be found in the special cases that belong to the class to be defined. The ordinary definition of rent, as a profit issuing yearly out of lands and tenements corporeal, is defective, in overlooking some of the cases that belong to the class; as where a furnished house or a stocked farm is leased, which are common instances. 5…
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