Legal Opinion
Julian v. Christopher
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Decided June 29, 1990No. 114, September Term, 1989PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHASANOW, Judge.
In 1961, this Court decided the case of Jacobs v. Klawans, 225 Md. 147, 169 A.2d 677 (1961) and held that when a lease contained a “silent consent” clause prohibiting a tenant from subletting or assigning without the consent of the landlord, landlords had a right to withhold their consent to a subletting or assignment even though the withholding of consent was arbitrary and unreasonable.
In 1983, in The Citizens Bank & Tr. v. Barlow Corp., 295 Md. 472, 456 A.2d 1283 (1983), we noted that the issue was not preserved for appeal, but “[i]f the common law rule applied in Klawans is…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Williams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
- Deems v. Western Maryland Railway Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1967
- 1010 Potomac Associates v. Grocery Manufacturers of America, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1984
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3Cited by45 opinions
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