Peoples' S. Bank v. Alexander

Citations

• 140 Pa. 22
• 21 A. 248
• 1891 Pa. LEXIS 794

Syllabus

<p>(a) The lessee of land, under a lease in writing for more than three years, transferred his estate therein, also by writing. The assignee went into possession, and thereafter the lessor executed a mortgage upon the property. A sheriff’s vendee, by a sale on the mortgage, brought suit against the lessee for rent accruing after the sheriff’s sale and deed:</p> <p>1. The jury finding, by sufficient evidence properly submitted, that, after the assignment of the lease and before the sheriff’s sale, the lessor received the rent regularly from the assignee, accepted the latter as his tenant, and by parol released the lessee from all future liability, judg ment was rightly entered upon a verdict for the defendant.</p>