Reams v. Yeager

Citations

• 29 Pa. Super. 520
• 1905 Pa. Super. LEXIS 369

Syllabus

<p>Sheriff’s sale — Proceedings to obtain possession — Justice of the peace— Jurors — Act of May 24, 1878, P. L. 134.</p> <p>Where a proceeding is instituted before a justice of the peace to recover possession on a sheriff’s deed, and six jurors are summoned, but before the jurors are sworn, the defendant files an affidavit that he does not claim under the defendant in the execution, and the proceedings are thereupon certified to the court of common pleas, the latter court has jurisdiction to hear and determine the case, although the act of May 24, 1878, which provided for six jurors instead of twelve, is unconstitutional.</p> <p>Sheriff’s sale — Lease—Rentals.</p> <p>Where judgment is entered against an owner of land and subsequently the owner leases the land to another, and thereafter a sheriff’s sale takes place under the judgment, the lessee is bound to respond to the purchaser at the sheriff’s sale for the rent of the land from the date of the confirmation of the sheriff’s deed.</p>