(Year Books) If the sheriff hold the inquest and return that the grange and bakehouse were burned by accident, and do not say whether the conflagration was caused by the default of the tenant or not, the sheriff will be again ordered to enquire whether the conflagration was caused by the default of the tenant or not; and if he return that it was by the default of the tenant, he (Adam) will recover his damages. Adam was the person of whom the defendant held the tenement for life.
Citations:
(1293) YB (RS) 21 and 22 Ed1 30
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.196732