Graham Industries, Inc. v. York Bias, Inc.

Shadle, J.,

This is a judgment for unpaid rent entered by the prothonotary at the direction of counsel for plaintiff by virtue of a confession of judgment clause contained in a lease.

The attorney for plaintiff filed with the prothonotary the original lease and a typewritten statement similar to a praecipe. The statement refers to the terms of the lease and to three assignments of the lessor’s interest, which original assignments are attached thereto. The statement sets forth, as matters not apparent on the face of the lease, that defendant held over after expiration of the lease, thereby…