Knecht v. Mitchell

Citations

• 67 Ill. 86

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant—whether notice necessary to terminate term. Where, since the amendatory acts of 1865 and 1867 relating to forcible entry and detainer, a landlord made a verbal lease of premises for two years, and the same were occupied under the same and rents paid, it was held, that, although the contract was not binding on the parties in the first instance, because of the statute of frauds, yet, having been executed, no notice was necessary to terminate it, as in the case of a tenancy from year to year.</p>