Wood v. Sharpless
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeals, Nos. 355, 356 and 357, Jan. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1893, No. 75, Dec. T., 1893, No. 72, and March T., 1894, No. 87, on verdict for plaintiff. Replevin to recover goods distrained for rent. The annual rent was $300, payable quarterly. The rent due July 1, 1893, was distrained for and the property replevied.
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Appeals, Nos. 355, 356 and 357, Jan. T., 1895, by defendant, from judgments of C. P. Delaware Co., Sept. T., 1893, No. 75, Dec. T., 1893, No. 72, and March T., 1894, No. 87, on verdict for plaintiff. Replevin to recover goods distrained for rent. The annual rent was $300, payable quarterly. The rent due July 1, 1893, was distrained for and the property replevied. Similar action was had for the rent due October 1, 1893, and January 1, 1894. The issue in these three several suits in replevin was made upon the tenant’s plea of no rent in arrear. The three issues were tried together. The facts…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice McCollum,
in No. 355,
Anna P. Sharpless, the defendant in this case, leased a small farm in Delaware county to John Wood, the plaintiff in the case, for one year from the first of April, 1892. The rent reserved was three hundred dollars, payable quarterly. The plaintiff occupied the farm under this lease two years, and during that time paid only two quarters’ rent. The defendant dis-trained the plaintiff’s goods for three quarters’ rent in July, 1893, for one quarters’ rent in October following, and for another quarters’ rent in January, 1894. The plaintiff promptly…
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