Guill v. Enomoto

Citations

• 117 Wash. 575
• 201 P. 910
• 1921 Wash. LEXIS 897

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and Tenant (139) — Unlawful Detainer — Actions— Parties Defendant. In an action by a landlord against the assignee of his tenant to compel him to vacate the premises, based on his commission of waste and on the maintenance of a nuisance thereon, the lessee of the premises is not a necessary party defendant.</p> <p>Same (129) — Defenses—Possession as Agent of Lessee — Power of Attorney — Evidence—Sufficiency. Where the owner of premises let to a Japanese refused to permit him to sublet the land to other Japanese on his departure for Japan, his placing a Japanese in possession under a general power of attorney was merely an attempt to circumvent the terms of the lease, which prohibited the leasing to, or occupancy -by, any other person except by the written approbation of the lessor first obtained.</p>