Reeder v. Bell
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 46 — FORCIBLE DETAINER APPEAL FROM KENTON CIRCUIT COURT. CITED 5 Cave & Payne, 595, Doe v. Miller. 1 Dana, 36, Ross v. Garrison. 7 Bingham, 451, Regnant v. Porter. 7 Mes. & Wei. 226. 12 Mass. 325. Civil Code, section 347. Revised Statutes, section 4, 2 Stanton, 91. CITED 2 Duvall, 144, Goldsberry v. Bishop. Civil Code, section 517.
1Opinion of the Court
CHIEF .JUSTICE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion oe the court.
As her husband, whom the appellee succeeded, did not enter under the appellants, but, while in possession, agreed with them to occupy and take care of the land for six years, with the “ understanding ” that he might secure their title by purchase when he should become able, he was not their tenant in the sense of the statute providing the summary remedy of forcible entry and detainer against a tenant holding beyond his term. The prospective acquisition of their title may have been, and probably was, the consideration for the agreement…
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