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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Section 59

Citation
Section 59
Parent Document
Miles v. Shauntee, 664 S.W.2d 512 (1983)
Jurisdiction
Kentucky (state)
Effective Date
1983-10-12

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At early common law, a lease was considered a conveyance of an estate in land and was equivalent to a sale of the premises to the lessee for the term of the demise. The lessee, as a purchaser of the estate of land, was subjected to the strict common law property rule of caveat emptor. The lessee had the duty to inspect the property for defects and took the land as he found it. King v. Moorehead,