Grayson v. Aiman, Inc.

Citations

• 252 Pa. 461
• 97 A. 695
• 1916 Pa. LEXIS 639

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Goods liable to distress — Receivers—Sale of goods — Rights of landlord — Acts of June 16, 18S6, P. L. 755, Sec. 88; May 86,1891, P. L. IBS, Sec. 1.</p> <p>1. Where goods subject to distress for rent, pass into the hands of a receiver appointed for the tenant and are sold by the receiver, the landlord is not entitled,'upon the distribution of the funds so realized, to a preference for rent under the Act of May 26, 1891, P. L. 122, relating to the rights of landlords upon a judicial sale or assignment of goods subject to distress for rent.</p> <p>Statutes — Construction.</p> <p>2. It is a fundamental rule of statutory construction that courts in seeking for the legislative intent must find it in the statute itself; that unless good grounds can be found in the statute for restraining or enlarging the meaning of its words, the court cannot subtract therefrom or add thereto. Where the words of a statute are plain and clearly define its scope and limit, construction cannot extend it.</p>