H. occupied a house for six years under the following agreement : W. agrees to let, and H. agrees to hire the house, No. 62, George Street, quarterly, at a yearly rent of 251. to be paid on the usual four quarter-days, a quarter’s notice to be given by either party.
Held: that it was at the option of either party to have determined the tenancy before the end of the first year; but that, on the authority of previous cases, inasmuch as the tenancy amounted to a tenancy for a year defeasible by notice, and had, in fact, endured more than a year, H. had gained a settlement by renting a tenement for a whole year within the meaning of the 6 Geo. 4, c. 57.
[1865] EngR 737, (1865) 6 B and S 914, (1865) 122 ER 1431, (1865-1866) LR 1 QB 38, [1865] UKLawRpKQB 24
Commonlii, Commonlii
England and Wales
Updated: 29 September 2021; Ref: scu.281649