Glenn v. Thompson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill county: Of January Term 1874, No. 309. This was a proceeding under the. Landlord and Tenant Act of December 14th 1863, Pamph L. (1864), 1125, 2 Br. Purd. 882, pi. 20, by Lewis 0. Thompson, assignee of Eve Ann Miller, against James Glenn and Charles Glenn. It commenced April 7th 1873, before Morgan Reed, a justice of the peace.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Schuylkill county: Of January Term 1874, No. 309. This was a proceeding under the. Landlord and Tenant Act of December 14th 1863, Pamph L. (1864), 1125, 2 Br. Purd. 882, pi. 20, by Lewis 0. Thompson, assignee of Eve Ann Miller, against James Glenn and Charles Glenn. It commenced April 7th 1873, before Morgan Reed, a justice of the peace. After reciting the preliminary proceedings of complaint, summons, &c., the justice’s record is as follows:— “That on the 13th April 1873, plaintiff and defendants appear both in person and by their attorneys. That after…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, March 16th 1874, by
Sharswood, J.
In the construction of the Act of April 3d 1830, Pamph. L. 187, which provides a remedy for the recovery of possession in case of non-payment of rent, an act in pari materia with that of December 14th 1863, Pamph. L. of 1864, Appendix 1125, in both which the proceeding is granted to the lessor without the addition of the words “ heirs or assigns,” it has been held *392by this court in Clark v. Everly, 8 W. & S. 226, that the heir could avail himself of the remedy, and in McKeon v. King, 9 Barr 213, that the sheriff’s vendee…
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