Wartanian's Estate

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Walling,

Zack Wartanian, the deceased, died October 10, 1927, the tenant or lessee of a certain ballroom or dance hall in Johnstown, of which George Panagotacos was the landlord. On the basis that the tenancy was for two years from August, 1926, under an oral lease, the landlord presented a claim for the rent including that from the death of the tenant until the end of the term. The orphans’ court rejected the latter on the ground that the death of the tenant, under the circumstances, ended the tenancy. From the decree so holding, the landlord brought this appeal.

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