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90. A tenancy from year to year is a letting of land for an indefinite number of fixed periods.
91. A tenancy from year to year arises whenever there is a reservation of rent in a letting which would otherwise be a tenancy at will, except: Exception-in a few states, by statute, a general letting creates a tenancy from year to year, unless a contrary intention is expressed.
Estates from year to year 184 include those from quarter to quarter,185 month to month,186 and so on; the length of the periods bejackson v. Aldrich, 13 Johns. (N. Y.) 106; Curtis v. Galvin, 1 Allen (Mass.) 215; or leasing them, Clark v. Wheelock, 99 Mass. 14; Hildreth v. Conan, 10 Mete. (Mass.) 298; Kelly v. Waite, 12 Mete. (Mass.) 300; Groustra v. Bourges, 141 Mass. 7, 4 N. E. 623. So does a demand of possession, Doe v. M'kaeg, 10 Barn. & C. 721; Den v. Howell, 7 Ired. (N. C.) 496; or acts which would otherwise be trespass, Turner v. Doe, 9 Mees. & W. 643; as an entry upon the land, Moore v. Boyd, 24 Me. 242.
183 Cooper v. Adams, 6 Cush. (Mass.) 87; Packard v. Railway Co., 46 111. App. 244; Den v. Howell, 7 Ired. (N. C.) 496. And see Hersey v. Chapin, 162 Mass. 176, 38 N. E. 442. A denial of the landlord's title will, at his option, terminate the tenancy. Willlson v. Watkins, 3 Pet. 43; Currier v. Earl, 13 Me. 216; Farrow's Heirs v. Edmundson, 4 B. Mon. (Ky.) 605; Harrison v. Middleton, 11 Grat. (Va.) 527; Fusselman v. Worthington, 14 111. 135.
184 "From term to term" would be a more accurate designation of these tenancies, but the practice is otherwise. In many states there are statutes which raise presumptions as to the kind of a tenancy which arises In the absence of express contract, from a general occupancy. 1 Stiin. Am. St Law, 1/4 2002.
185 City of San Antonio v. French, 80 Tex. 575, 16 S. W. 440.
186 Anderson v. Prindle, 23 Wend. (N. Y.) 616; Sebastian v. Hill, 51 111. App. 272; Lehman v. Nolting, 56 Mo. App. 549; Rogers v. Brown, 57 Minn. 223, 58 N. W. 981; Backus v. Sternberg, 59 Minn. 403, 61 N. W. 335. See, also, Cox v. Bent, 5 Bing. 185; Tress v. Savage, 4 El. & Bl. 36.
187 in some states, tenancy from year to year does not exist. 1 Stim. Am. St. Law, § 2005.
188 People v. Darling, 47 N. Y. 666; Lesley v. Randolph, 4 Rawle (Pa.) 123. A tenancy may be created to continue from year to year for two years. It may be determined at the end of a year by notice, and terminates at the end of two years without notice. Doe v. Smaridge, 7 Q. B. 957.
189 I Wood, Landl. & Ten. (2d Ed.) 85; 1 Tayl. Landl. & Ten. (8th Ed.) 62. 190 See ante, p. 155. But cf. Richardson v. Langridge, 4 Taunt. 128.
191 Herrell v. Sizeland, 81 111. 457; Cheever v. Pearson, 16 Pick. (Mass.) 266; Burns v. Bryant, 31 N. Y. 453; Sarsfield v. Nealey, 50 Barb. (N. Y.) 245; Cross v. Upson, 17 Wis. 638; Amick v. Brubaker, 101 Mo. 473, 14 S. W. 627; Williams v. Deriar, 31 Mo. 13; Le Tourneau v. Smith, 53 Mich. 473, 19 N. W. 151; Blanchard v. Bowers, 67 Vt. 403, 31 Atl. 848; Den v. Humphries, 3 Ired. (N. C.) 362. And see Murray v. Cherrington, 99 Mass. 229; Sanford v. Johnson, 24 Minn. 172; Goodenow v. Allen, 68 Me. 308.
192 Second Nat. Bank v. O. E. Merrill Co., 69 Wis. 501, 34 N. W. 514; Hunt v. Morton, 18 111. 75; Ganson v. Baldwin, 93 Mich. 217, 53 N. W. 171; Lesley v. Randolph, 4 Rawle (Pa.) 123. But see Union Depot Co. v. Chicago, K. & N. Ry. Co., 113 Mo. 213, 20 S. W. 792; Salomon v. O'donnell (Colo. App.) 36 Pac. 893.
(a) The tenant may take estovers.
(b) He is entitled to emblements when the landlord, terminates the tenancy.
(d) The interests of the parties are assignable.
The incidents of estates from year to year are for the most part the same as of estates for years.195 The tenant is entitled to estovers, and to emblements, when the tenancy is terminated by the landlord,196 but not when the tenant terminates it. The tenant's duty to repair extends to keeping the premises wind and water tight.197 Either party may assign his interest,198 and on the death of the tenant his interest goes to his personal representative.199 After the termination of the tenancy has been fixed by notice, it becomes, in effect, equal to a term of years which has nearly expired.200 v. Starkweather, 1 Denio (N. Y.) 113; Hyatt v. Griffiths, 17 Q. B. 505; Amsden v. Atwood, 67 Vt. 289, 31 Atl. 448; Voss v. King, 38 W. Va. G07, 18 S. E. 762. But see Campau v. Michel! (Mich.) 61 N. W. 890; Chicago & S. E. Ry. Co. v. Perkins, 12 Ind. App. 131, 38 N. E. 487; Montgomery v. Willis (Neb.) 63 N. W. 794; Goldsbrough v. Gable, 49 111. App. 554.
194 Jackson v. Bradt, 2 Caines (N. Y.) 169; Lesley v. Randolph, 4 Rawle (Pa.) 123; Rich v. Bolton, 46 Vt. 84; Chamberlin v. Donahue, 45 Vt 50; Roe v. Lees. 2 W. Bl. 1171; Richardson v. Langridge, 4 Taunt. 128. But see Brant v. Vincent, 100 Mich. 426, 59 N. W. 169.
195 Washb. Real Prop. (5th Ed.) § 637.
196 2 Tayl. Landl. & Ten. (8th Ed.) § 134; Kingsbury v. Collins, 4 Bing. 202.
197 2 Wood. Landl. & Ten. (2d Ed.) 992; 1 Tayl. Landl. & Ten. (8th Ed.) 40L As to waste by a tenant from year to year, see 2 Wood, Landl. & Ten. (2d Ed.) 992; Torriano v. Young, 6 Car. & P. 8.
198 Butting v. Martin, 1 Camp. 317; Cody v. Quarterman, 12 Ga. 386.
199 Doe v. Porter, 3 Term R. 13; Cody v. Quarterman, 12 Ga, 386; Pugsley v. Aikin, 11 N. Y. 494.
200 I Washb. Real Prop. (5th Ed.) 637.
(a) By agreement of the parties.
(b) By statute, as is the case in some states.
201 Doe v. Watts, 7 Term R. 83; Jackson v. Bryan, 1 Johns. (N. Y.) 322; Den v. Drake, 14 N. J. Law, 523; Morehead v. Watkyns, 5 8. Mon. (Ky.i 228; Critchfleld v. Remaley, 21 Neb. 178, 31 N. W. 687; Right v. Darby, 1 Term R. 159; Bessell v. Landsberg, 7 Q. B. 638. But see Logan v. Herron, S Serg. & R. (Pa.) 459.
202 Steffens v. Earl, 40 N. J. Law, 128; Sanford v. Harvey, 11 Cush. (Mass., 93; Prescott v. Elm, 7 Cush. (Mass.) 346. And see Gruenewald v. Scbaales, 17 Mo. App. 324; Doe v. Hazell, 1 Esp. 94.
203 see 1 Stim. Am. St Law, § 2052; 2 Shars. & B. Lead. Gas. Real Prop. 200. 204 Woolsey v. Donnelly, 52 Hun, 614, 5 N. Y. Supp. 238.
205 Brown v. Kayser, 60 Wis. 1, 18 N. W. 523; Hunter v. Fmpt. 47 Minn. 1, 49 N. W. 327; Finkelstein v. Herson, 55 N. J. Law, 217, 26 Atl. 688; Steffens v. Earl, 40 N. J. Law, 128; Logan v. Herron, 8 Serg. & R. (Pa.) 459; Prescott v. Elm, 7 Cush. (Mass.) 346; Baker v. Adams, 5 Cush. (Mass.) 99; Sanford v. Harvey, 11 Cush. (Mass.) 93. But see Currier t. Barker, 2 Cray (Mass.) 224.

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