Megargee v. Longaker

Citations

• 10 Pa. Super. 491
• 1899 Pa. Super. LEXIS 307

Syllabus

<p>Landlord ancl tenant — Notice—Effect of holding over — Estoppel—Eviction.</p> <p>Where a lease provides for a continuance of the term from year to year, in the absence of three months’ notice on either side, the tenants are bound for the additional term, upon failure to give such notice, as effectively as if they had formally entered into a new lease for that period.</p> <p>Having accepted the additional term with a full knowledge of the manner in which the building could be used the tenants cannot escape liability by showing that, when it was too late, they gave notice that they would vacate the premises not at the end of the term, but at a date one month after the new term had commenced to run. They are estopped from alleging, as eviction, acts of the landlord which took place prior to the time when notice of intention to terminate could have been given.</p>