Knutsen v. Cinque’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The action did not accrue until the expiration of the lease, for the plaintiff could have restored [the damaged property] up to that time. It follows that the right of action set up in the counterclaim is in the defendant’s grantee. He purchased the land subject to the lease, and succeeded to his grantor’s rights under the covenants of the lease, [emphasis added]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
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