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State Ex Rel. Needham v. Justice Court Ex Rel. Township of Silver Bow, 171 P.2d 351 (1946)

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State Ex Rel. Needham v. Justice Court Ex Rel. Township of Silver Bow, 171 P.2d 351 (1946)
Parent Document
State Ex Rel. Needham v. Justice Court Ex Rel. Township of Silver Bow, 171 P.2d 351 (1946)
Jurisdiction
Montana (state)
Effective Date
1946-06-28

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f It is optional with a landlord to treat a tenant wrongfully holding over as a trespasser or to waive the wrong of holding over and treat him as a tenant. * * * A tenant holding over has no election to regard himself as a tenant; such election is in the landlord.” (Emphasis ours.) 32 Am. Jur., Landlord and Tenant, secs. 918, 919, pages 778, 779. Mahoney v. Lester, 118 Mont. 551, 168 Pac. (2d) 339.