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Hedco, Ltd. v. Blanchette, 763 A.2d 639 (2000)

Citation
Hedco, Ltd. v. Blanchette, 763 A.2d 639 (2000)
Parent Document
Hedco, Ltd. v. Blanchette, 763 A.2d 639 (2000)
Jurisdiction
Rhode Island (state)
Effective Date
2000-12-26

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In considering the sufficiency of a termination notice, we have repeatedly stated that “the important factor is whether the statute has been complied with and not whether the tenant has been misled by the notice given.” Tate v. Peter Charles Reynolds, Inc., 622 A.2d 449, 450 (R.I.1993) (per curiam) (citing DeLuca v. Cinima, 72 R.I. 346, 350, 51 A.2d 369, 370-71 (1947)). Although a tenant may be clearly apprised of the termination of his lease, we have determined a notice to be fatally defective when it ordered the tenant to quit on the last day of his term instead of the first day following it, Industrial Trade Unions of America v. Metayer, 69 R.I. 199, 203, 32 A.2d 789, 790-91 (1943), or when it did not clearly indicate that an agent was acting on behalf of the landlord. Tate, 622 A.2d at 450.