752.461 House of ill-fame or gaming house; conviction of lessee; effect on lease. Sec. 11. Whenever the lessee of any dwellinghouse shall be convicted, or shall be guilty of the offense mentioned in the preceding section, or of keeping a common gaming house for the purpose of gaming for money or other property, the lease or contract for letting such house, shall, at the option of the lessor, become void, and such lessor shall thereupon have the like remedy to recover the possession, as against a tenant holding over after the expiration of his term. History: R.S. 1846, Ch. 158 ;-- CL 1857, 5866 ;-- Am. 1865, Act 226, Eff. June 22, 1865 ;-- CL 1871, 7701 ;-- How. 9287 ;-- CL 1897, 11698 ;-- CL 1915, 15472 ;-- CL 1929, 16827 ;-- CL 1948, 752.461 Compiler's Notes: For 'preceding section,' referred to in this section, see § 10 of Ch. 158 of R.S. 1846 and notes to MCL 750.452 and 750.566.
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