Neyman v. McCracken

Rowley, P. J.,

This matter originated in a proceeding before a justice of the peace to regain possession from tenant, under the Landlord and Tenant Act of December 14, 1863, P. L. 1125 (1864), 68 PS §364, as amended by the Act of March 31, 1905, P. L. 87, 68 PS §366.

The Act of 1863 governs a proceeding where the premises were leased or demised for a term of one or more years, or at will.

The Act of 1905 regulates the procedure where the term is less than a year, or by the month, or for an indeterminate time, whether the tenant holds possession by license or by lease.

The matter came before the…