Duffee v. Mansfield

Citations

• 141 Pa. 507
• 21 A. 675
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 1094

Syllabus

<p>(a) Under a lease of real estate for five years, executed under seal by the lessee alone, the latter entered and remained in possession. By a separate writing under seal, attached to the lease, the defendant became responsible for the lessee’s covenants, for the full time in which the latter might retain possession thereunder:</p> <p>1. In such case, the legal effect of the lessor’s omission to sign the lease, under the statute of frauds, had no bearing on the defendant’s responsibility ; for, under the terms of his own contract, the defendant was liable as surety, so long as the lessee remained in possession of the premises under the terms of the lease.</p>