Whorley v. Karper

Citations

• 20 Pa. Super. 347
• 1902 Pa. Super. LEXIS 235

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Way-going crop — Custom—Written lease.</p> <p>In April, 1890, an owner of a farm leased the farm on shares. After tiie crop of 1890 was sown, and before it was reaped, the form of tenancy was changed to a money rent. In December, 1892, a written lease for 1893, was executed which provided that the tenant “will be entitled to the use and enjoyment of what crops the farm may produce, fruits, dairy and house rents, and is to get all of the crops now sown and growing, but is to put out another crop of wheat in the fall of 1893, at his own cost to .equal the crop now sown.” In April, 1900, the tenant removed from the premises and a dispute arose as to who was entitled to the crop sown in the fall of 1899, and reaped in the summer of 1900. Held, that the tenant was entitled to the ex-op.</p>