Lamew v. Townsend
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court, Eastern District; D. H. Coleman, Judge; 1. The contract created a tenancy from year to year; and, if it did not, a tenancy of that kind resulted from the holding over by the tenant and the payment of rent from year to year without a new contract. 1 Taylor on Land! & Ten., p. 39; 61 Ark. 377. 2. Unless a different length of time is fixed by the contract or by statute, a tenancy from year to year can not be determined except by notice given…
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Appeal from Lawrence Circuit Court, Eastern District; D. H. Coleman, Judge; 1. The contract created a tenancy from year to year; and, if it did not, a tenancy of that kind resulted from the holding over by the tenant and the payment of rent from year to year without a new contract. 1 Taylor on Land! & Ten., p. 39; 61 Ark. 377. 2. Unless a different length of time is fixed by the contract or by statute, a tenancy from year to year can not be determined except by notice given at least six months before the end of the current year. Taylor on Landl. & Ten., p. 90; 65 Ark. 474; 70 Id. 351. No…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This is an action in unlawful detainer, and the decision of the case turns upon the construction of the following contract:
“Rent Contract.
“This contract, entered into this day by and between Belle Townsend, party of the first part, and W. L. Lamew, party of the second part, witnesseth':
“The party of the first part has this day let and leased to the party of the second part for the period of one year, with the option to continue from time bo time as long as conditions are satisfactory to both parties hereto, the farm known as the Lamew place, containing 234.50 acres, more or less (in Lawrence…
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