MATTHEWS v. SPIEGEL


385 Pa. 203 (1956)

Matthews v. Spiegel, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 21, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Shekmar, with him Max E. Cohen, for appellants.

David Kanner, for appellee.

Before STERN, C.J., JONES, BELL, CHIDSEY, MUSMANNO and ARNOLD, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, May 21, 1956:

Defendants are the owners of a tenement house at 805 W. Norris Street in the City of Philadelphia. It contains an apartment on each of its three stories and under the first floor apartment is a basement or cellar with an entrance leading from that apartment only.

The tenant of the first floor was one Savannah Simpson. While her lease made no mention of a right...

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