SOFFER v. BEECH


487 Pa. 255 (1979)

409 A.2d 337

Joseph SOFFER and Violet Soffer, his wife, Appellants, v. James L. BEECH and Sun Oil Company, a New Jersey Corporation.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 21, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Love, DeCello, Manifesto, Doherty & Love, P.C., Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Jerome W. Kiger, Grogan, Graffam, McKinley & Solomon, Pittsburgh, for Sun Oil Co.

Robert Ivan Johnston, Pittsburgh, for James L. Beech.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

At common law a lessee who had never entered into possession of his leasehold was prohibited from bringing an action in ejectment to gain possession. The issue before us is the continued validity of this rule. We are satisfied by considerations of reason and fairness and by the weight of modern case law that the ancient rule now serves no useful purpose, and, accordingly, we...

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