Case Name: Hooff v. Ladd
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1804-06
Citations: 1 Cranch 167
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hooff v. Ladd.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 167–167

Head Matter:
Hooff v. Ladd.
If a tenant who has occupied and paid rent annually, holds over into a new year, it is evidence of a new demise for a year.
Debt for rent— demise for one year.

Opinion:
The Court
was of opinion that although no special agreement was made about the rent, yet if the defendant had occupied and paid rent annually ; and had continued into a second year, it was evidence of a new demise for one year. So if he had paid rent monthly, it would be a demise for a month, &c.