Month to Monthy Tenancy
Does my old landlord have the right to take me to court for the following situation: My landlord worked out an oral agreement with an occupant of my apartment allowing him to stay on after the lease had expired. He gave him a vacany lease application. While waiting for the application to be processed, the lease expired, and I left the apartment. I had given notice that I was not resigning a month earlier. The problem is, the occupant was not on the lease, but I was. He was subsequently denied a lease of his own, and after 4 months of eviction proceedings, he left the apartment. Now the landlord is suing me for the rent for the time after my lease expired, saying that in effect I had a month to month tenancy because I didn’t turn over the apartment to him empty. What are my rights in this case?