Pittsburgh v. Charles Zubik & Sons, Inc.

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

The City of Pittsburgh, by lease dated October 1, 1952, demised to Charles Zubik & Sons, Inc., a portion of the north bank of the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh for wharf purposes. The lease provided that either *221party could cancel it upon giving sixty days’ notice to tlie other in writing of intention so to do and further empowered any attorney of record, after default in payment of rent or breach of the provisions of the lease, “to appear for Lessor [sic]”, confess judgment against ihe lessee for rent due, plus costs of suit and an attorney’s fee of $25.00,…