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Landlord and Tenant, Covenant for quiet enjoyment, Eviction. Covenant. Election.
A covenant for quiet enjoyment in a lease is broken only by an eviction...has elected not to treat the acts of the landlord as an eviction, and cannot maintain an action on the covenant for quiet enjoyment in his lease.
Citation by LORING, J., of cases upon the question, what acts or omissions of a landlord may be treated by his tenant as an eviction.
LORING, J.
This is an action (between the parties to the action of tort, ante, 234) for breach of the covenant of...plaintiff was not evicted from the demised premises, and without an eviction there is no breach of the covenant for quiet enjoyment. International Trust Co. v. Schumann, 158 Mass...