[Overstaying Tenants] Curtis signs a lease with Ricardo for Curtis to rent a storefront for his costume shop starting on the first of March. After Ricardo gives Curtis the key on March 1, Curtis learns that the previous tenant, a t-shirt business, has not moved out. Curtis tells Ricardo that he is responsible for removing the t-shirt business from the storefront; however, after several weeks of waiting for possession, Curtis tells Ricardo that he wants his money back for the time he waited and breaks the lease.
-If the previous tenant continues to pay rent beyond the term of his lease, what type of lease is created?

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A tenancy-at-sufferance occurs when a tenant remains in possession of the property after the expiration of the lease, without the consent of the landlord, but continues to pay rent.

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