Irvie v. Laswell

4 Ky. Op. 672, 1872 Ky. LEXIS 135

• Court: Court of Appeals of Kentucky
• Decided: January 31, 1872
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion oe the Court by

Judge ’Peters :

Appellant had a right to retain possession of the land till the end of 1870; he built the smoke-house and stable for his own convenience, no express contract to pay for them by appellee was proved, and no fact from.which such a contract to pay for them can be implied.

Appellant could not have been turned out by legal process, but might have held the premises to the end of the term in spite of appellee, and if he abandoned the possession at the request, or command, of appellee, it can be regarded in no other light than as a voluntary abandonment, and the law imposed no obligation on appellee to pay for the improvements. Gudgell vs. Duvall, 4 J. J. Mar. 229.

Scott proved the rent was settled for the year 1868. No errors are perceived in tbe rulings of tbe court prejudicial to appellant by tbe court below, and tbe judgment must be awrmed.

W. Wilson, for appellant. A. H. Field, for appellee.