Ahern v. Standard Realty Co.

Citations

• 267 Pa. 404
• 110 A. 141
• 1920 Pa. LEXIS 878

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Lease—Warrant to confess judgment — ■ Assignment of lease — Entry of judgment against assignee.</p> <p>Where a lease, containing a warrant for the confession of judgment against the lessee, is signed by the lessee, and subsequently the lessee assigns the lease to another who accepts it “according to its full tenor and effect,” the lessor has no right to enter judgment against the assignee, on the warrant, inasmuch as the warrant signed by the original lessee was not the warrant of the assignee.</p>