Fleishman v. Swentek

Citations

• 224 Pa. 404
• 73 A. 459
• 1909 Pa. LEXIS 807

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Illegal distress — Lease—Evidence.</p> <p>In an action to recover damages for illegal distress for rent it appeared that the plaintiff purchased a stock of goods from a former tenant and went into possession of the building. There was evidence that the landord had made a new lease with plaintiff, under the terms of which no rent was due at the time of the distress, and there was also proof of facts consistent with an intention on the part of the landlord to accept the plaintiff as a tenant from month to month. The defendant, however, testified that he had made no new arrangement, and that he had refused to do so. Held, that the case was for the jury, and that a verdict and judgment for defendant should be sustained.</p>