Borough v. Walters

Citations

• 147 Pa. 501
• 29 W.N.C. 483
• 23 A. 776
• 1892 Pa. LEXIS 880

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Holding over.</p> <p>Where a tenant for a term of years holds over at the expiration of his term, he becomes a tenant from year to year, and is entitled to hold till the end of a current year and cannot be required to quit at an intermediate day.</p> <p>Evidence of renewal of lease — Question for jury.</p> <p>A borough council at the request of its tenants, a company of cadets, passed a resolution renewing a lease. The captain of the company was present when the resolution was passed. The company remained in possession and paid rent, but there was no formal acceptance of the renewal.</p> <p>Held, that the question of the assent of the tenants to the terms of the resolution adopted by councils was one of fact for the jury.</p>