Case Name: In re WHEALTON RESTAURANT CO.
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1906-02-21
Citations: 143 F. 921
Docket Number: No. 2,276
Parties: In re WHEALTON RESTAURANT CO.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter
Volume: 143
Pages: 921–921

Head Matter:
In re WHEALTON RESTAURANT CO.
(District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.
February 21, 1906.)
No. 2,276.
Bankbuptcy—Landlord’s Lien—Pennsylvania Statute.
Although Act Pa. 1836, §§ 83-85 (P. L. 777), provides that the goods and chattels on any demised premises liable to the distress of the landlord, which have been taken by virtue of an execution, shall be liable for the rent in arrears for one year at the time of such taking, the landlord has no lien which will be preserved in a court of bankruptcy, where the bankruptcy proceedings were instituted within four months after the issuing of the execution.
In Bankruptcy. On report of referee.
Rowland Evans, Henry B. Hodge and Richard E. Ashhurst, for Philadelphia Trust, Safe Deposit & Insurance Co.
Humbert B. Powell, for trustee.

Opinion:
HOLLAND, District Judge.
Although sections 83, 84, and 85 of the Pennsylvania act of 1836 (P. L. 777) provide that the goods and chattels upon any demised premises, liable to the distress of the landlord, which have been taken by virtue of an execution, shall be liable for the rent in arrears for one year at the time of such taking, the landlord has no lien which will be preserved in a court of bankruptcy, where the bankruptcy proceedings were instituted within four months of the issuing of the execution. Nor do the cases referred to by the claimant sustain the contention that he, as landlord in this case, had a lien upon the goods under the Pennsylvania act before the execution was issued which the bankrupt act will preserve.
The referee's order dismissing the petition is affirmed.