Edwards v. Hale
West Virginia Supreme Court
I. — Burden on -party asserting surrender to prove it. — 7 Hob. Prac. 872, note 165; 86 Am. Dec. 394. II.— Court leans to construction in favor of tenancy from year to year. — 1 Lorn. Dig. p. 192 and note 3 ; 2 Bl. Com. (Book 2) 146 and note 11. III. — Irrelevant instructions. — 10 Gratt. 13; 11 Gratt. 587; 31 W. Ya. 683; 10 Gratt. 236; 26 Gratt. 594; 1 Bart. L. Hr. (2 Ed.) 656 and note 5. IV. — Mere, agreement for increase of rent not a surrender. — 2 Ad.
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I. — Burden on -party asserting surrender to prove it. — 7 Hob. Prac. 872, note 165; 86 Am. Dec. 394. II.— Court leans to construction in favor of tenancy from year to year. — 1 Lorn. Dig. p. 192 and note 3 ; 2 Bl. Com. (Book 2) 146 and note 11. III. — Irrelevant instructions. — 10 Gratt. 13; 11 Gratt. 587; 31 W. Ya. 683; 10 Gratt. 236; 26 Gratt. 594; 1 Bart. L. Hr. (2 Ed.) 656 and note 5. IV. — Mere, agreement for increase of rent not a surrender. — 2 Ad. Cou. § 724 ; 1 C. & K 307 ; 5 Q. B. 841; 7 Exch. 319 ; 2 Am. St. K. 365. Y. — Parol testimony not sufficient. — 76 Am. Dec. 233, and eases…
1Opinion of the Court
BraNNON, Judge:
T. A. Edwards brought before a justice in Lewis county an action of unlawful detainer against P. M. Hale to recover a house and lot in Weston; and,judgment having been rendered by the Circuit Court upon an appeal against Hale, he brings the case here.
The defendant relied upon the fact that he was a tenant from year to year, and could not be required to give up possession without notice to quit. The certificate of facts shows that in 1861, P. M. Hale and J. Q. Vandervort leased from B. P. Camden the ground in -controversy at six dollars annual ground-rent, the lease being in…
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