Megargee v. Longaker
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 164, Oct. T., 1898, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1898, No. 419, in favor of plaintiffs for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Before the court in banc.
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Appeal, No. 164, Oct. T., 1898, by defendants, from judgment of C. P. No. 1, Phila. Co., June T., 1898, No. 419, in favor of plaintiffs for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Opinion by W. D. Porter, J. Rule for judgment for want of a sufficient affidavit of defense. Before the court in banc. It appears from the evidence that plaintiffs claimed certain rent due amounting to $200, and that defendants held under a lease which expired March 1, 1898, provided the tenant gave three months’ written notice of his intention to determine the lease or otherwise to remain in force for another…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
W. D. Poeten, J.,
The defendants operated a printing establishment, and, from October 15, 1895, to January 30, 1897, had used, for the purposes of their business, the fourth floor of a building owned by plaintiffs. By the covenants of the lease each of the parties had become bound for a term to expire on March 1,1898. The parties, on January 30, 1897, executed an additional lease, under the terms of which the defendants became tenants of the fifth floor, also, for a term to expire on March 1,1898, the same date with the expiration of the term under the lease for *494the fourth floor.…
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