Decker v. Hartshorn

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, J.

This was an action brought by the plaintiffs in error, who were the plaintiffs below, to recover from the defendant (trading as Louis Pelouze & Company) rent for certain premises in the city of Philadelphia, which had been leased to him by them. The rent sought to be recovered was claimed to have accrued from February 4th, 1893, to April 3d, 1894. The defence was that the defendant had ceased to be a tenant before the first-mentioned date.

The only assignment of error which requires consideration in the disposition of the case is that which…