Barhyte v. New Hampshire Real-estate Co.

Citations

• 66 Kan. 390
• 71 P. 837
• 1903 Kan. LEXIS 67

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>Landlord and Tenant — Assignment of Lease — Exemptions. When a tenant occupying premises under a written lease, containing a waiver- of the benefit of statutory exemptions for the payment of rent, with the knowledge and consent of his landlord, sells and assigns his unexpired term to another, who receives the written lease, enters into possession thereunder, and pays rent in accordance with its terms for many months, the lease becomes a contract in writing between the landlord and the assignee of the unexpired term, and will operate as a waiver, in writing, of the . benefit of exemptions for the payment of rent on the part of the assignee, under section 3874, General Statutes of 1901.</p>