Henley v. Kilbas

During the month of October, 1932, appellee rented a small store building to appellant. Appellee admits that the term of the original lease was for one year, although the rental was payable monthly. Without any modification of the original lease contract, as regards the time element, appellant continued to hold over from year to year, when, on December 19, 1938, the landlord gave notice to the tenant to quit the premises on or before January 13, 1939; and the tenant having declined to do so, the landlord soon thereafter brought this action to evict him.

The landlord was not entitled to…