Price v. Bloodworth

1. “‘A dispossessory warrant will not lie unless the relation of landlord and tenant exists.’ . . A tenancy such as will authorize the remedy may exist, either where the tenant fails to pay rent when due under an express agreement with the landlord; or where he holds possession beyond the term of his lease; or where he holds possession as a ‘tenant at will or sufferance, whether under contract of rent or not.’ Code of 1933, § 61-301. A tenancy at will is based on the consent of the land*269lord, either express or implied. A tenancy at sufferance exists where a wrong-doer is in possession without…