Legal Opinion

King v. Bosserman

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 23, 1900No. Appeal, No. 5PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal, No. 5, March T., 1900, by-plaintiff in a suit of Hamilton W. King, assignee of A. B. Kauffman, against Lewis Bosserman from judgment of C. P. Adams-County, Jan. T., 1899, No. 4, in favor of defendant on case-stated. Opinion by W. W. Porter, J. Case stated. It appears from the case stated that a farm of Aaron B..

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Appeal, No. 5, March T., 1900, by-plaintiff in a suit of Hamilton W. King, assignee of A. B. Kauffman, against Lewis Bosserman from judgment of C. P. Adams-County, Jan. T., 1899, No. 4, in favor of defendant on case-stated. Opinion by W. W. Porter, J. Case stated. It appears from the case stated that a farm of Aaron B.. Kauffman was sold under execution on October 15, 1896 to-Lewis Bosserman, the defendant, and a sheriff’s deed therefor-duly executed and delivered on October 19, 1896. The farm was leased to one Humpert who remained on the farm after the= sale until April 1, 1897, under a…

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

William W. Pouter, J.,

The question here is: Did the sheriff’s vendee of the real estate take the landlord’s share of the crops severed from the land, but not set apart or divided by the tenant, under a lease in which no time was fixed for the payment of the rent and of which the term expired subsequently to the delivery of the sheriff’s deed ? The court below answered the question in the affirmative and rightly.

The lease before us does not indicate in terms when the rent should be paid. As there was no covenant to pay at any particular time, the end of the year is the period which…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Bank of Pennsylvania v. WiseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1834
  2. Collins ex rel. Hill v. London Assurance Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1895
  3. Rinehart v. OlwineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843
  4. Menough's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1843
  5. Long v. SeaversSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1884

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Gilmore v. Dwyer, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Luzerne County1945
  2. Vasilko v. Bongiorno, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Schuylkill County1922

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