Newman v. Worthen

Citations

• 57 Wash. 467
• 107 P. 188
• 1910 Wash. LEXIS 778

Syllabus

<p>Landloed and Tenant — Unlawful Detainee — Notice to Quit— Sufficiency. A notice to quit under tbe unlawful detainer act, Rem. & Bal. Code, § 812, subdiv. 2, is not objectionable in that it purports to terminate the tenancy on the last day of the month rather than on the date the notice was given, to take effect at the end of the month.</p> <p>Same. A notice to quit a monthly tenancy expiring at the end of the month, may properly notify the tenant to vacate on the last day of the month instead of at the end of the month, where it was served twenty days prior thereto.</p> <p>Same — Defenses—Tendee of Rent. Under a tenancy from month to month, tender of rent for the months of May and June before the commencement of the action is no defense to the action of unlawful detainer upon proper notice terminating the tenancy at the end of the month of April.</p> <p>Same — Double Damages. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 827, requires judgment to he entered in unlawful detainer of leased premises, for double the sum found as damages for the unlawful detention.</p>