Tufts v. Park

Citations

• 194 Pa. 79
• 44 A. 1079
• 1899 Pa. LEXIS 733

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Distress—Bailment—Soda fountain.</p> <p>Whore a soda water fountain has been leased to the proprietor of a drug store, who occupies a leased room, and the lessor of the fountain has not exercised his right to take possession of it before the issuance of a landlord’s warrant, the right of the landlord to distrain is not defeated by the fact that, at the tenant’s request, he had previously appointed an agent to supervise the tenant’s business, if it appears that the landlord did not purchase the'business, but that the tenant remained in possession, continued 1o conduct the business, and at any time could have excluded the landlord and his agent from the store.</p>