Jackson ex dem. Wood v. Salmon
New York Supreme Court
This was an action of ejectment, tried at the Onondaga circuit in February, 1828, before the Hon. Enos T. Throop, one of the circuit judges. It was shewn on the trial that one Wells entered into the possession of forty acres of land in the month of March, 1824, as a tenant of the lessor of the plaintiff for one year, to work the same on shares. He held over.
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This was an action of ejectment, tried at the Onondaga circuit in February, 1828, before the Hon. Enos T. Throop, one of the circuit judges. It was shewn on the trial that one Wells entered into the possession of forty acres of land in the month of March, 1824, as a tenant of the lessor of the plaintiff for one year, to work the same on shares. He held over. In May, 1825, the defendant entered under Wells, [Wells remaining in possession,] to work the land on shares ; and on the fourteenth of the same month an ejectment was commenced against him. The plaintiff was nonsuited for the reason that…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Savage, Ch. J.
The only question in the case is, whether the defendant was entitled to notice to quit. Wells entered into possession lawfully ; he hired the premises for one year, and continued in possession after that period ; he was tenant from year to year, and Was entitled to-*328notice before an ejectment could be brought against him, 'pjie defendant coming in under Wells, stands in the samerelation to the lessor. A tenant for a year, holding over, is tenant from year to year, and not at will; but if at will, ho was entitled to notice. [4 Cowen, 349.] We therefore refuse to set…
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