Grizzle v. Pennington
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 18 — FORCIBLE ENTRY AND DETAINER APPEAL FROM ELLIOTT CIRCUIT COURT. A tenant for a term of two years does not forfeit his lease by transferring the unexpired part of his term, as provided by section 2, article 1, chapter 66, General Statutes. By subletting the remainder of his term of two years the appellant assigned and transferred a term of less than two years in contemplation of section 2, article 1, chapter 66, General Statutes.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ELLIOTT
delivered the opinion of the court.
James Read, on the 18th of December, 1875, leased from the female appellees a tract of land in Elliott County for the term of two years, and in the fall of 1876 sublet the balance of his term to appellant, and put him in possession of the premises.
Appellees claimed that by section 2 of article 1 of chapter 66 of the General Statutes, Read had forfeited his lease by his sale of the balance of the term to appellant, and having given him notice to quit, this suit by warrant of forcible entry and detainer was brought, and on the trial of the…
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