Legal Opinion
Caudill v. Acton
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided December 17, 2004No. 2003-CA-001957-DGPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
VANMETER, Judge.
Under the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act (URLTA), a tenant is liable for damages to the leased premises, including those which occur during any holdover period of possession. Since Dora Caudill signed an apartment lease agreement as a “tenant,” the fact that she never resided in the apartment did not change her obligations to the landlord. We affirm the decision of the Jefferson Circuit Court.
In October 1999 Dora Caudill and her father, Alvin Best, signed a lease agreement in which they both were named as tenants and Jean Acton was named as landlord. The…
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