Weidman v. Rieker
Citations
- 44 Pa. Super. 85
- 1910 Pa. Super. LEXIS 131
Syllabus
<p>Landlord and tenant — Distress—Leased furniture — Hotel—Subletting.</p> <p>1. Furniture leased by the owner thereof to the keeper of a boarding house or hotel, who uses it for the purposes of his business, is subject to be distrained for rent due the owner of the building during the term of the tenant and while on the demised premises; and it is immaterial that at the time of the distress a subtenant, and not the tenant, was in possession.</p> <p>2. The goods of a subtenant, or assignee of the tenant, who has not been recognized as such by a landlord, are, while upon the demised premises, liable for distress for rent due under the terms of the lease.</p>
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- “[U]pon a third conviction, the court may sentence the convict to hard labor for life. The punishment is to be awarded upon that conviction, and for the offence of which he is then and there convicted”
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Judges: Beaver, Head, Henderson, Morrison, Orlady, Porter, Rice
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