Appeal of Pittsb. & A. Drove Yard Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
FROM THE DECREE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 155 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 607 March Term 1888, C. P. No. 1. On February 25, 1888, the Pittsburgh & Allegheny Drove Yard Co. filed a bill in equity against Robert Woodside, and Daniel Taylor, and others, executors of‘William Woodside, deceased.
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FROM THE DECREE OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS NO. 1 OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. No. 155 October Term 1888, Sup. Ct.; court below, No. 607 March Term 1888, C. P. No. 1. On February 25, 1888, the Pittsburgh & Allegheny Drove Yard Co. filed a bill in equity against Robert Woodside, and Daniel Taylor, and others, executors of‘William Woodside, deceased. The bill averred that the plaintiff was a corporation, etc.; that on April 1,1882, Robert Woodside and William Woodside, being the owners of certain real estate, leased the same for five years from said date, “ with leave of renewal for five years,” to…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION,
Me. Justice Paxson :
The appellants are the tenants in possession of certain prem*252ises in Allegheny county. The lease under which they hold is for five years, “ with leave of renewal ” for five years longer. 'When the first five years expired appellants continued to occupy said premises, and claim that under the lease they are entitled to do so for the second period of five years. No formal renewal of the lease took place, nor did the appellants notify the lessors, at or prior to the termination of the first five years, of their intention to hold for the second period of five years.
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