Babcock v. Albee

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Babcock v. Albee

54 Mass. 273

CourtMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

DecidedOctober 15, 1847

StatusPublished

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Bluebook

Babcock v. Albee, 54 Mass. 273 (Mass. 1847).

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Opinion

Shaw, C. J.

The court are of opinion that the instructions to the jury were right. The effect of the permission of the plaintiff to the defendant, to remain a while longer, till he could sell off his goods, made the defendant either a tenant at sufferance, or it was a demise for a term, understood by the parties to be fixed by the purpose to be accomplished; in either of which cases, the defendant was not entitled to any new notice.

Exceptions overruled.

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Shaw, C. J.

The court are of opinion that the instructions to the jury were right. The effect of the permission of the plaintiff to the defendant, to remain a while longer, till he could sell off his goods, made the defendant either a tenant at sufferance, or it was a demise for a term, understood by the parties to be fixed by the purpose to be accomplished; in either of which cases, the defendant was not entitled to any new notice.

Exceptions overruled.

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54 Mass. 273, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/babcock-v-albee-mass-1847.