Ripple v. Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising Corp.

CAVANAUGH, Judge:

Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising Corporation, the tenant, appeals the lower court’s order that certain leases for a term in excess of three years violated the statute of frauds and therefore were deemed to be leases from year to year. We affirm.

Appellees, Grace C. Ripple and Doris M. Mcllvane, co-executrixes of the Estate of Freda C. Becker, filed a petition seeking declaratory relief. They asked the court to determine their rights under certain leases executed by the husband of their predecessor in title. Since the facts were undisputed, the case was submitted to the lower…