Lake Union Realty Co. v. Woolfield

Citations

• 119 Wash. 331
• 205 P. 14
• 1922 Wash. LEXIS 755

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and Tenant (4) — Existence of Relation — Evidence. The business manager of a tenant on leased premises, who, after termination of the lease, assumed possession without color of right or recognition, is not a tenant; and the conventional relation does not exist from the fact of his having previously given checks for the rent on behalf of the lessee for whom he was working.</p> <p>Forcible Entry and Detainer (1) — Landlord and Tenant (126) —Actions—Existence of Relation — Statutes. Under Rem. Code, § 812, unlawful detainer may be maintained against one who enters without permission or color of right, although the conventional relation of landlord and tenant does not exist.</p> <p>Forcible Entry and Detainer (2) — Notice to Quit — Sufficiency. Under subdiv. S, Rem. Code, ■§ 812, a notice in unlawful detainer against one entering without permission or color of right, properly requires, in the alternative, a surrender of the premises or the payment of rent.</p>