In re Ruppel

BUFFINGTON, District Judge.

The referee’s certificate involves the question whether, on a trustee’s sale of a leasehold, the landlord of the demised premises has a lien on the proceeds for overdue rent. It is clear he has none under the Pennsylvania statute of June 16, 1886; for the lien there given only extends to “the goods and chattels being in and upon” the premises. It is urged, however, such a lien exists by virtue of the re-entry. clause in the lease before us, which is as follows:

“Upon the breach of any or all the conditions of this lease, or at any time thereafter, at the option of…