"Where  a  demise  was  executed  for  a  term  to  begin  in  futuro  "but
in  the  same  instrument  the  tenant  was  permitted  to  occupy,  before
the  term  began,  rent  free,  he  was  held  to  be  in  by  virtue  of  a  present
demise.    Bacon  vs.  Bowdoin,  22  Pick.,  401;  S.  P.  Wood  vs.  Crocker,  13
Gray,  213;  an  agreement  in  a  land  contract  that  the  vendor  might
remain  in  possession  until  the  purchaser  paid  a  certain  mortgage,  held
to  be  a  lease.    Hunt  vs.  Comstock,  15  Wend.,  665.
"Brown  vs.  N.  Y.  O.  R.  R.,  44  N.  Y.,  79.
Haughery  vs.  Lee.  17  La.  Am.,  22.
Wright  vs.  Trevlsant,  3  C.  &  P.,  441.
"Buell  vs.  Cook,  4  Conn.,  238.
McGaunt  vs.  Wilbur,  1  Cow.,  257.
Wood  vs.  Clarke,  9  Jur.,  426.
"4  Shaw  vs.  Farnsworth,  supra;  even  though  there  is  an  agreement
for  the  execution  of  a  formal  lease.    Poole  vs.  Bently,  12  E>ast.,  168.
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