Mellon v. Ritz

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Schaffer,

This is an appeal by plaintiffs from an order opening a judgment confessed against defendant in pursuance of a warrant of attorney in a lease. The amount of the judgment is $22,330.31.

Plaintiffs, as lessors, and defendant, as lessee, entered into a lease for a hotel property in Pittsburgh. The term of the lease was from November 2, 1925, to April 30, 1935. The rent provided by the lease varied from $1,050 a month to $1,416.67 a month. There were certain reductions made in the rental during the progress of the tenancy and at its expiration on April 30, 1935,…