Hawkins v. DeVecht

This is an appeal from a final judgment entered in a landlord-tenant dispute which found the Appellant/tenant to be a hold-over tenant and which ordered her eviction. We reverse.

A notice of eviction was served upon the tenant February 7, 1982 giving notice that the tenant’s lease would terminate as of February 23, 1983. On March 16, 1982, the tenant not having vacated the premises, the Appellees/landlords filed their complaint for eviction.

Thereafter the parties, through counsel, entered into negotiations for an extension of the lease. The negotiations continued for several months but…