In re State House
| Decision Date | 12 November 1898 |
| Parties | In re STATE HOUSE. In re DOYLE. |
| Court | Rhode Island Supreme Court |
On condemnation of certain land for a new state house. Claim of John F. Doyle, executor of Philip A. Doyle, for damages from being deprived of land before the expiration of his tenancy. Denied.
Andrew B. Patton, for Doyle.
Willard B. Tanner, Atty. Gen., for the State.
Our opinion is that the nonsuit was properly granted. The case shows that at the time of the commencement of the proceedings, in May, 1893, the claimant's testator, Philip A. Doyle, held a portion of the land proposed to be taken as a tenant from year to year; that his current occupation year began on July 1, 1892, and expired on July 1, 1893; that the land was condemned July 9, 1893; and that the claimant's testator continued in the occupation of it, undisturbed, not only till the expiration of his occupation year, but for several months after the condemnation. The contention of the claimant is that his testator, being a tenant from year to year and having received from the landlord no notice to terminate the tenancy, was entitled to hold over for another year, and is therefore entitled to damages for so much of the year ensuing July 1, 1893, as he was deprived of the occupation of the land. We do not think that the contention can be sustained. Though, as between himself and the landlord, the tenant may have acquired the right to hold for another year, by the failure of the landlord to give the requisite notice to terminate the tenancy, such failure gave no right as against the state house commissioners. The right of the tenant to hold over as against them was obtained after the giving of the notice of condemnation proceedings in May, 1893, and was obtained, therefore, pendente lite, so far as they were concerned, and was subordinate to their rights under the proceedings. Such being the case, and the tenant having been permitted to remain until the expiration of his current occupation year, the claimant is entitled to no compensation, for his testator's right in the property, as against the state-house commissioners, ceased with the expiration of the occupation year. Schreiber v. Railroad Co., 115 Ill. 340, 346, 347, 3 N. B. 427; Lewis, Em. Dom. § 326, and note 4.
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