Delaware General Assembly


CHAPTER 179

LANDLORD AND TENANT

REMOVAL OF TOP FODDER

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 142 OF THE REVISED CODE OF DELAWARE, 1935, RELATING TO LANDLORD AND TENANT, BY ALLOWING OUTGOING TENANT TO REMOVE TOP FODDER.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the State of Delaware in General Assembly met:

Section 1. That 5069. Sec. 84, of Chapter 142 of the Revised Code of Delaware, 1935, be and the same is hereby amended by striking out all of paragraph (c) of the said Section and by substituting in lieu thereof the following:

(c) In the event the said outgoing tenant, or the tenant giving up possession, cuts, shocks, husks or reshocks said corn, he shall be privileged to feed the entire amount of said corn fodder grown on said farm that year, provided said corn fodder as aforesaid is fed upon the farm on which said corn was grown. Provided, however, that the outgoing tenant or the tenant giving up possession of any farm located in Kent or Sussex Counties may move from the said farm any corn fodder cut above the ear of corn commonly known as top fodder. In no event may the said outgoing tenant or the tenant giving up possession move from said farm any other corn fodder without first having obtained consent of the landlord or owner of said farm.

Approved April 16, 1943.

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