Philadelphia Local Telegraph Co. v. William H. Hoskins Co.

Citations

• 62 Pa. Super. 407
• 1916 Pa. Super. LEXIS 438

Syllabus

<p>Gontract — Bailment — Lease of alarm boxes — Termination of lease.</p> <p>Where'a contract for the installation of a night -watchman's alarm box by a telegraph company provides that the subscriber shall pay a yearly sum for the period of five years “and thereafter until one year’s notice shall have been given in writing by either party of a desire to terminate” the contract, the parties bind themselves for the period of five years and for an indefinite extension thereof until one year’s notice of an intention to terminate is given by either party.</p> <p>In such a case if the installation is made on March 15,1910, and the lessee on December 10, 1914, notifies the telegraph company of his desire to terminate the contract when it expires on March 15, 1915, the telegraph company may hold the lessee liable for one whole year from the date of the notice, that is until December 10, 1915.</p>