Schaetzle v. Christman

Citations

• 16 Pa. Super. 294
• 1901 Pa. Super. LEXIS 61

Syllabus

<p>Principal and agent — Landlord and tenant — Lease—Notice.</p> <p>In an action against a tenant to recover the value of work and labor done upon the demised premises, a judgment and verdict for the defendant will be sustained where the evidence shows that under the lease defendant was authorized to make such changes and alterations at the expense of the landlord as were in the discretion of the tenant necessary to put the premises in first-class condition, and also to make general repairs ; that the defendant was constituted the architect and agent of the landlord for this purpose, and that the plaintiff had knowledge of this agency and of defendant’s authority to bind the landlord for the cost of additional work and expense caused by a change by the defendant in the original contract between plaintiff and the landlord.</p>