Legal Opinion
Knudsen v. Lax
Watertown City Court
Decided August 16, 2007PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
James C. Harberson, Jr., J.
The issue in this case is whether a tenant can terminate a lease to protect his family when a level three sex offender moves into the adjacent apartment.
Robert and Barbara Lax (landlords) had the tenants sign a six-page, 33-paragraph lease on August 1, 2006 for a one-year term. The terms of the lease, which the landlords obtained from an Internet site, were not negotiated by the parties before the landlords had the tenants sign it without any input or comment from the tenants.
The lease expressly provided a covenant of quiet enjoyment promising…
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