Waste alleging that he held for a term of years by his lease
Pole. No waste committed etc.
The inquest found that he had committed waste in a bakehouse and a rapine and in a mill to the damage of one mark and that he had felled an ash-tree to repair the mill-stream to the damage of twelve pence.
Pole. We ask for relief in respect of the ash-tree as it was found that it was felled for the purpose of an improvement.
Herle. Do you think that you may knock down my trees to repair what you hold for a term? You may not. So the court adjudges that he recover damages assessed by the inquest three-fold, amounting to 43 shillings.
Citations:
[eyre of Derbyshire, 1330-1] [Co. Litt. 53a (d)]
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 May 2022; Ref: scu.196926