Case Name: PILZEMAYER against WALSH
Court: New York Marine Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1878-04
Citations: 2 N.Y. City Ct. Rep. 244
Docket Number: 
Parties: PILZEMAYER against WALSH.
Judges: 
Reporter: City Court Reports
Volume: 2
Pages: 244–245

Head Matter:
Marine Court.
Trial Term
April, 1878.
PILZEMAYER against WALSH.
Landlord and tenant. Liability of assignees, &c, Where rent is payable monthly in advance, and the assignee enters in the middle, of the month, he is not liable for any portion of the current-month, but only for rent subsequently falling due.

Opinion:
McAdam, J.
Where an assignee for the benefit , of creditors is by his acts deemed to have accepted. the transfer of a lease held by the assignor, he will not be personally hable for rent which became due before he entered. Thus, when the rent is payable monthly in advance, and the assignee enters in the middle of the month, he is not liable for any portion of the rent of the current month, but only under the covenants of the lease for rent subsequently falling due. (Fowler v. Moller, 4 Bosw. 149; Durand v. Curtis, 57 N. Y. 7; 2 Platt on Leases, 416; 11 Barb. 594.
Judgment in accordance herewith.
See Lynch v. Rinaldo, 58 How. Pr. 133, and note thereto. As to apportioning rent, see McAdam Landl. & T. 2 ed. 345.