ancy  at  will,  and  changes  it  into  one  at  sufferance,  though  made  for  the
tepress  purpose.  Estey  v.  Baker,  50  Me.  325;  McFarland  v.  Chase,  7  Gray,
482;  Curtis  v.  Garvin,  1  Allen,  215;  Emmes  v.  Feeley,  132  Mass.  346.
141


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ground,  and  on  general  prinoiplee,  bo  as  to  have  ren-
[  *  116  ]  dered  the  exception  *  practically  oseless  (a).     The  ex-
ception is  now  dropped,  in  the  Massachosetts,  Oonneo-
ticnt,  New  York,  and  Ohio  statutes  of  frands  (b).
