Robinson v. Huchestein

Citations

• 55 Pa. Super. 141

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Liability of tenant for taxes and water rents— Forfeiture.</p> <p>Where a lease provides that the lessee shall pay taxes and water rent, and also provides that upon a default for sixty days in such payments the lease shall cease and absolutely determine, and there is further provision for confession of judgment for the enforcement of the forfeiture and also a reservation of right in the lessors after the determination of the lease to bring any other action against the lessee for possession “for rent accrued before such determination .... or for damages,” the landlord may, after a forfeiture of the lease, maintain an action against the tenant to recover damages for a breach of the covenant to pay the taxes and water rents that had accrued prior to the forfeiture and had been left unpaid by the tenant.</p>