The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-22
NEW RENT LAW |
 EXPLAINED
PROVISIONS OF INTEREST TO
 Iz4NDL'oRDs AND TENANTS

z landlord Must Give Ten Days Notice
 IT He wants People to Move Out,
 and Tenants Must Go i'm that Time
 Need No Henson, Unless IT Be for
 Non-Paymenf of Rent
 Stewart N Dunning, of Hartford. recently explained to the landlords of that city the workings of the new Htatn law in it's relation to leases. rents. tenants. etc. A verbal lease. he sn1d. is good for a year. and some times Tor more than a year. Thus. if n tenant had had n lease for a year and starts in on a new year without being notified to move. he has. under the eyes of the law. secured lease cd rxcept for non-payment of rent The landlord may notify him to move five minutes after the expiration of hls lease. but it makes no difference The as having been renewed on the same terms The came law applies to monfh-to-month renting
 By the statute a verbal lease is exception .siven above. and is not oper- aftve until the tenant has moved in
 New situations in renting arise Irom the block and tenement house 8L the tenant is. liable to keep if in re- pair. but when a tenant rents part of a tenement house. the landlord must keep 1t in repair In a tenement is S liable for ali the damage caused. If tenant leaves the water running and neglects to shut 1t of. he is liable fur the damage caused The landlord must keep the halls of tenement house lighted and is liable for any damage resulting from failure to do ao. even If it is only twc-family hnuse-ezcept in case there has been an a9feasnent wtth Che tenant anouf MT MT. btnninE said that he thought that landlords should make reason able sets of rules for tenants and see the lighting of the halls. the disposf- tion of garbage. damage to walls and paint. the keeping of dogs. storing of. bicycles in the halls and other things property for the other tenants
 Tenants Liability
 In answer to a question along this line. Mr. DunninK replied that- when walls were damaged by an express man moving things in and out for a r,r.-ssmsn was liable. as the express man was the agent of the tenant The tenant of any property. no matter how low it's price. can be compelled to turn exactiy as good condition as when he received It. except for the proper amount Of damage from wear and tear
 notice when he is going to nove out md can go on the last day of his lease ff he chooses. but the land lord must give him ten days notice When Ne has received notice. how in mcnth-tp-nn0nth rentals he is not required to give amy reasons. except that. If 1t is for non~payment of rent. he must say C0. The ianuloru can give this notice any time. rom ten np to tine last moment Of the lease The tenant has always however ms ten Gays in which to move out
 Attachments.
 Mir. Dunning said that he had been successful in applying the law in a number of cases and that while the s25 can be made this does not pre- vent second attachment for that cum being made where the first att tachment is released upon promise 10 pay the debt in installments. where rhe tenant does not keep his agree- ment to pay the installments agreed upon
 Where wages have been released upon - an Agreement to pay in in- has been made. in Mir. Dunning's opin- ion such a second attachment is a valid one. although the law provides ar above stared However. if the ten would be his duty 10 set it up ard it i4 mot tho dutT of the landlord to protect fhe tenants riRhts. If he has anv. ir such case. by telling the a@uiy i wifh refersnce to attaching