Eimermann v. Nathan
Eimermann v. Nathan
Opinion of the Court
The findings of the court are amply sup■ported by the evidence. The plaintiff refused to repair or malm any change in the condition of the premises, as re- ■ quested by the defendant, March 20, 1899, but insisted that, 'if the defendant continued to occupy the premises after the expiration of the year, he must take them as they were. The defendant replied that, if .he remained in the premises, he would let the plaintiff know in two or three days. He did not notify the plaintiff that he would remain, and thereupon, and •on March 25, 1899, the plaintiff advertised the premises for rent in a daily newspaper, and posted notice on or near the -premises to> the same effect. Such notices continued until the ■ expiration of the year, with the manifest understanding on the part of the plaintiff that the defendant would then vacate the premises. Manifestly, the defendant, with the same understanding, vacated the premises April 30, 1899, and on
“A surrender of leased premises is created by operation of' law, although the landlord has declined an offer of surrender,, where, after the tenant has abandoned them, the landlord lets-them in his own name to a third person for a new term, without the tenant’s consent. A tenant’s assent hr a new letting-of premises which he has abandoned will not be implied by his failure to answer a letter from the landlord saying that, he would relet them on the tenant’s account, so as to prevent-a surrender by operation of law if the landlord subsequently relets them.” Gray v. Kaufman D. & I. C. Co. 162 N. Y. 388, 56 N. E. 903.
In speaking of notice to terminate such tenancy, a standard test-writer says that such notice, “like almost every other species of notice required by law for the preservation of a. right or the exaction of a duty, may be waived. ... It may be waived by either party before it is due, or after failure to give notice, by acting in conformity to the wishes of the other party, in amicably terminating the tenancy precisely as though notice had been given. It may also be substantially waived by acting upon a defective notice. And. there may be a waiver of notice by the party giving it, when he subsequently acts toward the other party precisely as-though no such notice had been given.” Wade, Notice (2d; ed.) § 641. Upon the facts stated, the trial court was justified in finding that the plaintiff waived the giving of written notice as required by the statute, and accepted a surrender of the premises from the defendant on April 30, 1899.
By the Gourt. — The judgment of the superior court of Milwaukee county is affirmed.
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