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Benham v. Morton & Furbish Agency, 929 A.2d 471 (2007)

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Benham v. Morton & Furbish Agency, 929 A.2d 471 (2007)
Parent Document
Benham v. Morton & Furbish Agency, 929 A.2d 471 (2007)
Jurisdiction
Maine (state)
Effective Date
2007-07-10

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[¶ 19] In determining whether an occupant is a licensee or a tenant, the length of stay of the occupant is a factor of heightened importance, with shorter stays indicating a license to use the premises. See 2 Rickard R. Powell, Powell on Real Property § 16.02[3][b] at 16-23 (Michael Allan Wolf ed., Matthew Bender 2005) (noting merit of suggestion that “the overriding issue in most of the cases involving the tenant-lodger distinction should be the permanency of residence of the occupant rather than the exclusiveness of control over the room”); Roger A. Cunningham et al., The Law of Property § 6.7 at 261 (1984); but see Hughes v. Chehalis Sch. Dist. No. 302, 61 Wash.2d 222, 377 P.2d 642, 643-44 (1963) (finding landlord and tenant relationship in lease of high school premises for an event).