Grant v. Detroit Ass'n of Women's Clubs

The majority holds that the employment contract in the instant case created a landlord-tenant relationship between plaintiff and defendant. Because I would hold that no such relationship existed, I respectfully dissent.

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An employee who occupies premises owned by his employer does not thereby become a tenant of the employer. As one commentator explains,

Employee occupancy of living quarters furnished by an employer may create a landlord-tenant relationship, or it may be only a license coextensive with employment. Generally, occupancy which is subsidiary and necessary to the efficient…