Morgan v. Williams
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 212, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., March T., 1908, No. 226, on verdict for defendants in case of Lizzie Morgan v. Mrs. J. S. Williams and J. S. Williams.
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Appeal, No. 212, Oct. T., 1908, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Schuylkill Co., March T., 1908, No. 226, on verdict for defendants in case of Lizzie Morgan v. Mrs. J. S. Williams and J. S. Williams. Appeal from judgment of a justice of the peace, in proceedings to recover leased premises under the Act of December 14, 1863, P. L. (1864) 1125, and March 31, 1905, P. L. 87. The facts are stated in the opinion of the Superior Court. ' Plaintiff presented the following points: 3. Where nothing is shown which converts a tendency at will into a different sort of tenancy or expands it into a…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
This appeal arose out of a proceeding under the Act of December 14, 1863, P. L. (1864) 1125, to recover possession of leased premises at the determination of the lease. As only a thirty days’ notice to quit was given, it was incumbent on the plaintiff to bring herself within the provisions of the Act of March 31,1905, P. L. 87, by showing that the lease under which the defendant held was for “ a time less than one year or by the month or for an indeterminate time.” The defendant went into possession about June 1, 1904, admittedly under an oral agreement to pay $20.00 a…
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