Morrison v Jacobs

Subject Matter

LANDLORD AND TENANT — Rent restriction — Dwelling-house controlled — Tenancy for term of years — Expiration by effluxion of time — Tenant continuing in possession — Subsequent acceptance of rent by landlord — No evidence of new contractual tenancy — Landlord's right to sue for possession, without first serving notice to quit — Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Act, 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 17), s. 15, sub-s. 1; s. 16, sub-s. 3 — Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions (Amendment) Act, 1933 (23 & 24 Geo. 5, c. 32), s. 3, sub-s. 1, and sch. 1. (h).