Mediterranean winter resorts : a complete and practical handbook to the principal health and pleasure resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean, with special articles on the principal invalid stations by resident English physicians / by Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball.

  • Reynolds-Ball, Eustace A. (Eustace Alfred), 1858-1928
Date:
1904
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Credit: Mediterranean winter resorts : a complete and practical handbook to the principal health and pleasure resorts on the shores of the Mediterranean, with special articles on the principal invalid stations by resident English physicians / by Eustace A. Reynolds-Ball. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    III.-LEGAL NOTES ON HIRING HOUSES, FLATS, AND APARTMENTS IN FRANCE.*' (iREEMENTS for tenancy can be made verbally or Ir writing. 1. Leases in writing are usually made for a icrin of three, six, nor nine years, either at the will of both parties, which means that either party can cancel the lease at the end of each period (jf three years upon giving the reciprocal notice agreed upon, or at the will of one or other of the parties. It is jjre- ferable, if possible, that strangers should themselves reserve the sole right of cancelling the lease at the end of each term of three years, for if, in case of death (which does not cancel a lease) or other unavoidable cau.se, the tenant should not himself be aljle to continue in i)ossession, he, or his successors, may find themselves saddled with all the responsibilities of premises which he or they cannot enjoy. A lease which has been made in writing ceases at the expiration of the term, without it being necessary to give notice to quit. 2. If the agreement is an unwritten one, but po.ssession has not been taken, and one of the parties repudiates it, jiroof of its existence cannot Ije given by witnesses, even although earnest money may have been paid ; but he who denies the agreement can Tie put upon his oath. A receipt for rent, when the term is mentioned, would ])e taken as proof of the existence of the tenancy. When there is a dispute as to the amount of the rent, and no receipt has been given, the pro- prietor is believed upon his statement unless the tenant claims a valuation, in which case the cost falls upon him if the valuation exceeds the amount he offers. 3. In the south of France villas and apartments are let by the year, season, or month. Unfurnished apartments are seldom let for a shorter period than one year, and whether for a year or term of years, writing is not absolutely essential ; but it is almost necessary and certainly advisable, for the conditions are, in default of writing, interpreted to a great extent by • Abridged by permission from French Laws and Customs for the Anglo-Saxon, by Arthur S. Browne (1 fr., Bensa, Nice).