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SCHOSHINSKI, AMERICAN LAW OF LANDLORD AND TENANT § 8:10 (1980 &
Supp. 2003).
i. Absent express restriction, general rule allows assignment or
subletting (even where lease contains percentage rent provision).
49 Am. Jur. 2d Landlord and Tenant § 1082 (1995 & Supp. 2002);
Crestwood Plaza, Inc. v. Kroger Co., 520 S.W.2d 93 (Mo. App.
1974); Rowe v. Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., 61 A.D.2d 473, 402
N.Y.S.2d 593 (App. Div. 1978), rev’d, 412 N.Y.S.2d 827, 385
N.E.2d 566 (1978).
ii.
Exceptions (farm lease, tenancy-at-will).
4. Assignment and Sublease Distinguished. 49 AM. JUR. 2d Landlord and
Tenant § 1077 (1995 & Supp. 2002); 1 HERBERT TIFFANY, REAL
PROPERTY § 123 (3d ed. 1939); Wallace, Assignment and Sublease, 8 IND.
L.J. 359 (1939); 51C C.J.S. Landlord and Tenant §§ 37, 43 (1968 & Supp.
2002); ROBERT S. SCHOSHINSKI, AMERICAN LAW OF LANDLORD AND
TENANT, § 8:10 (1980 & Supp. 2003); 1 MILTON R. FRIEDMAN,
FRIEDMAN ON LEASES, § 7.401 n.1; Joseph Oros. Co. v. F.W. Woolworth
Co., 844 F.2d 369 (6th Cir. 1988) (under Ohio law, a transfer of a
leasehold for a period one day less than the term of the main lease is a
sublease and not an assignment); Tidewater Investors Ltd. v. United
Dominion Realty Trust, Inc., 804 F.2d 293 (4th Cir. 1986) (Virginia law);
In re Miami Dyeing & Printing, Inc., 14 B.R. 947 (S.D. Fla. 1981);
Walgreen Arizona Drug Co. v. Plaza Ctr. Corp., 132 Ariz. 512, 647 P.2d
643 (Ct. App. 1982); Rocklen, Inc. v. Radulesco, 10 Conn. App. 271, 522
A.2d 846 (1987); Dayenian v. Am. Nat'l Bank & Trust Co., 91 Ill. App. 3d
622, 414 N.E.2d 1199 (1980); Italian Fisherman, Inc. v. Middlemas, 313
Md. 156, 545 A.2d 1 (1988); Hardle v. Preston Energy, Inc., 374 N.W.2d
807 (Minn. Ct. App. 1985); Weeks v. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc., 522 So. 2d
725 (Miss. 1987); Capoccia v. Brognano, 135 A.D. 2d 1010, 522
N.Y.S.2d 733 (1987), appeal dismissed (N.Y. App. Div. 1987), 71 N.Y.2d
1022, 526 N.E.2d 48, 530 N.Y.S.2d 557 (1988); McSpadden v. Dawson,
117 A.D.2d 453, 503 N.Y.S.2d 357 (1986); Bostonian Shoe Co. v.
Wulwick Assocs., 119 A.D.2d 717, 501 N.Y.S.2d 393 (1986), appeal
dismissed; Conklin Dev. Corp. v. Acme Mkts., Inc., 89 A.D.2d 769, 453
N.Y.S.2d 930 (1982), appeal dismissed, 58 N.Y.2d 929, 460 N.Y.S.2d
532, 447 N.E.2d 80 (1983); Anchor Holding Co. v. Michael's Coffee Shop,
81 A.D.2d 535, 438 N.Y.S.2d 104 (1981); Krasner v. Transcon. Equities,
Inc., 70 A.D.2d 312, 420 N.Y.S.2d 872 (1979); Neal v. Craig Brown, Inc.,
86 N.C. App. 157, 356 S.E.2d 912 (1987), review denied, 320 N.C. 794,
361 S.E.2d 80 (1987); Castle v. Double Time, Inc., 737 P.2d 900 (Okla.
1986); Parr v. Farmers State Bank, 659 S.W.2d 883 (Tex. App. 1983); L
& M Corp. v. Loader, 688 P.2d 448 (Utah 1984); Estate of Whitley v.
Anning, 392 So. 2d 799 (La. Ct. App. 1980); Chemical Dynamics, Inc. v.
Newfeld, 728 S.W.2d 590 (Mo. Ct. App. 1987); Joseph Bros. Co. v. F.W.
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