Hayton v. Seattle Brewing & Malting Co.

Citations

• 66 Wash. 248
• 119 P. 739
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1052

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and Tenant — Lease—Saloon Premises — Termination —Adoption oe Local Option. The adoption of local option prohibiting the sale of liquors in a town does not terminate a lease of premises used for á saloon, or relieve the lessee from the payment of rent, where the lease merely provided that the lessee may conduct a saloon on the premises in conformity to the ordinances of the town and the laws of the state then in force or thereafter enacted; since it is merely permissive and not restrictive as to the uses to which the property may be put.</p>