Copeland v Watts: CCP 1815

Gibbs CJ: ‘… it would be productive of dangerous consequences to presume a surrender to the lessor, from the fact of his [the lessor] receiving payment from an assignee; a landlord in general was willing to receive payment from the person who offered it, whosoever he was, but by receiving it, he did not discharge the lessee.’

Judges:

Gibbs CJ

Citations:

(1815) 1 Stark 412

Cited by:

CitedMattey Securities Limited v Ervin, Sutton, Mitchell CA 3-Apr-1998
After the insolvency of an assignee of a lease, the landlord talked with possible new tenants, and the original lessee now said that the landlord had impliedly accepted a surrender of the original lease, thus releasing him from continuing liability. . .
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Landlord and Tenant

Updated: 14 May 2022; Ref: scu.245832