Volume 1

Practical grocer : a manual and guide for the grocer, the provision merchant and allied trades / by W.H. Simmonds ; with contributions by specialists, trade experts and members of the trades ; illustrated by a series of separately-printed plates.

  • Simmonds, W. H.
Date:
1909
Catalogue details

Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)

Credit: Practical grocer : a manual and guide for the grocer, the provision merchant and allied trades / by W.H. Simmonds ; with contributions by specialists, trade experts and members of the trades ; illustrated by a series of separately-printed plates. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    86/330 (page 64)
    injury from defective drains or from dampness, the tenant has a right to bring an action against the landlord. Should a landlord not expressly covenant to do repairs, however, he is not liable to Repairs to do any; there is no “implied covenant” on his part to Premises. ]-eep the premises in repair, even if the tenant’s covenant only extends to keeping the premises in as good repair as when he took them “fair wear and tear excepted”. Whatever the land- lord is to do must be stated in the lease; and if he agrees in the lease to do repairs, the tenant must give notice of want of repair. In the absence of an agreement to the contrary, rates and taxes have to be paid by the tenant. Tithe rent charge, if any, is borne by the landlord. Land tax may be deducted from the rent in the absence of an agreement to the contrary; and property tax may be so deducted whether there is an agreement to the contrary or not, the law being that this tax (“ Income tax, Schedule A ”) shall be borne by the landlord though paid in the first instance by the tenant. Inhabited house duty is not payable on houses which are used solely for purposes of trade and in which no occupier resides. If premises are used partly for trade and partly as a residence they should be assessed accordingly. An agreement to take a shop or house for the term of one year certain, and thence from year to year, means that the The ending premises cannot be vacated until the second year has of Tenancy. expired, and then only if notice has been given as provided in the agreement. Where it is provided by the lease or agreement that the occupation is to cease on a certain day no notice is required to terminate the tenancy. The notice to quit should always be in writing. The length of notice may be and should be stated in the lease; if this is not the case it has reference to the letting. If the letting is by the month a clear month’s notice, expiring on the day the rent becomes due, is sufficient; if by the quarter, a quarters notice; but if there is a yearly tenancy, no matter how the rent is paid, the rule is six months’ notice expiring at the period of the year at which the tenancy began. In the absence of writing, payment of rent quarterly implies a yearly tenancy. If during the tenancy the property changes hands the new owner stands in the old owners shoes; the tenant’s liabilities remain exactly as before. When the property is sold, mortgaged, given by will, or passes by intestacy,