Surget v. Arighi’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “[A] forcible and unlawful eviction by strangers, is not a ground for an action on a covenant for quiet enjoyment. If the lessor is to be made liable, the eviction must be by his act.... The lessor must do the act, or excite others to it, not indirectly, but directly. He must be the agent, who acts with a view to that particular result.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Meyn v. City of Gulfport

2. “A general covenant of warranty is not broken by a forcible eviction; it must be a lawful eviction. This rule is sometimes said to apply also in covenants for quiet enjoyment. It certainly does apply in all cases of eviction or disturbance by a stranger.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Meyn v. City of Gulfport