Platt, Barber & Co. v. Johnson
Citations
- 168 Pa. 47
- 31 A. 935
- 1895 Pa. LEXIS 755
Syllabus
<p>Landlord and tenant — Lease—Public policy — Sheriff's sale.</p> <p>A stipulation in a lease for years that if the lessee shall become embarrassed, or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or be sold out by sheriff’s sale, the whole rent for the balance of the term shall become due and payable in advance of other claims, is not against public policy, and will be sustained in favor of the landlord on a distribution of the proceeds of a sheriff’s sale of the lessee’s property, to the extent of giving the landlord priority for one year’s rent.</p>
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Judges: Dean, Fell, Green, Mitchell, Sterrett
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