CS Attachment against a tenant in dower as to why she had assarted one hundred oak trees and a mill had been broken and drained and the mill-pond also. The tenant said that her late husband M. by the king’s order had broken the millpond and taken all the fish for the king’s benefit and she had subsequently repaired it as best she could; as to the mill, she said it is not wasted because in winter it can grind though not in summer for because of the war but no waste was committed by her. This was adjudged a good plea. The complainant said that she had committed waste after the prohibition and produced suit of this and thus a jury trial on this etc.
Citations:
[1223] [Co Litt 53a (h)]
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Dayani v London Borough of Bromley TCC 25-Nov-1999
LA Tenant liable for permissive waste
The local authority was tenant of properties which it sub-licensed to homeless persons for three years was liable for having allowed the properties to deteriorate. It was claimed that they were liable for permissive waste as tenants for a fixed . .
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Landlord and Tenant
Updated: 06 December 2022; Ref: scu.196923
