Wisner v. Richards

Citations

• 62 Wash. 429
• 113 P. 1090
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 720

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and Tenant — Notice to Quit — Revocation—Bonus, After the landlord has given notice terminating a tenancy, whereby a bonus to the tenant attaches, he cannot revoke the notice upon the ground of his own mistake, without the consent of the tenant.</p> <p>Same — Lease—Bonus—Foreeituees. The exercise of an option to terminate a lease by payment of a bonus presents no features of a forfeiture.</p> <p>Same — Lease—Bonus—Tender—Waiver. Where a lease provides for a bonus to the tenant in case the landlord gives notice terminating the term, tender of the bonus need not be given with the notice, and surrender of the premises without demanding the bonus in advance does not waive the tenant’s right to recover the bonus,.</p> <p>Fullerton, J., dissents.</p>