In Doe d Davies v James Thomas (155 E.R. 792) T was L’s tenant at will. L’s own estate in the property was vested in a third party and T knew of this. It was held that a conveyance of the reversion brings a tenancy at will to an end when the tenant has knowledge of it:
‘The moment the tenant knows that the landlord has done an act which is inconsistent with the continuance of his will – which he has done when he has parted with the reversion, – that is a determination of the will, and the tenant must know that it is his duty to quit at once.’ (Alderson, B)
Michael Lower
