Potter v. Moscony

Citations

• 46 Pa. Super. 121
• 1911 Pa. Super. LEXIS 241

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Sheriff’s sale of demised premises — Sheriff’s deed — Acknowledgment—Affidavit of defense.</p> <p>In an action for rent an affidavit of defense is sufficient to prevent judgment, which avers that prior to the date when the rent for which suit was brought fell due, the demised premises were sold by the sheriff, and that a deed for the same was made by the sheriff to the purchaser at the sheriff’s sale. In such a case it is not material that the affidavit did not declare in so many words that the sheriff acknowledged the deed and delivered it to the purchaser.</p>