In re Hays, Foster & Ward Co.

Citations

• 117 F. 879
• 1902 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 111

Syllabus

<p>1. Bankruptcy—Liability on Lease—Subsequent Rent.</p> <p>Where a tenant is adjudged a bankrupt, such adjudication terminates the existing relation of landlord and tenant, and the landlord is not entitled to prove, as against the bankrupt’s estate, a claim for rent accruing after the adjudication, though the tenant had executed notes therefor.</p> <p>». Same.</p> <p>Semble, that the rule might be different where the landlord becomes bankrupt.</p>