Legal Opinion

Mumma v. Club Plan of America

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County

Decided July 30, 1955No. 458, Fi. Fa. 105Published

1Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam,

This matter is before us on defendant’s petition for a rule to open a judgment of $1,372 obtained by plaintiff on a warrant of attorney to confess judgment contained in a lease. Plaintiff filed an answer to defendant’s petition, waived the issuance of the rule, whereupon depositions were taken.

The question for decision is whether defendant-tenant under its covenants'in the lease assumed absolute liability for the cost of replacing a burned out boiler with a new boiler. The lease provided, inter alia, as follows:

“1. No waste shall be committed; and at the end of the said term the…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Girard Trust Co. v. Tremblay Motor Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
  2. Hoy v. HoltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1879
  3. Earle v. ArbogastSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
  4. Long v. FitzimmonsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
  5. Loeb v. FerberSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943

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