Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Texas

lawsuit for ending lease

3 roomates, a, b, & c signed a lease for 3 months & said lease would be resigned for 1 yr. lease was never brought up to be resigned. no yearly lease was signed. a moved out in october and had a replacement, d. b moved out in november/december and left c & d. c & d could not afford rent so moved out. now the landlord has sent a lawsuit to renters a, b, & c. B was told that the lawsuit was to be upheld due to a verbal binding contract. is this possible? it has been 6 months since a moved out and he should not be held liable. the only reason given by landlord is that he was on the orginal lease and therefore (even though landlord was okay with him moving out b/c of replacement) he was on the lawsuit. What should he do??


Asked on 3/15/06, 7:53 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
TC Langford Langford Law Office

Re: lawsuit for ending lease

He should hire a lawyer and get himself non-suited.

When the original lease expired, all tenants thereafter become month-to-month tenants. Depending on the actual circumstances, tenant d may owe no obligation at all. A month-to-month tenant and landlord have an obligation to provide a 30 day written notice. The rental obligation is for a 30-day period.

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Answered on 3/15/06, 8:43 pm


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