Lewis Is Currently Leasing Land in the Countryside

Lewis is currently leasing land in the countryside.Since he has found it too difficult to make use of the land because he lives in the city,Lewis has decided to assign his contractual rights to his sister,Maria.Four months down the road,Maria defaults on her lease payments,causing the owner of the estate to demand relief from Lewis.In this situation,Lewis is

A) forced to pay the relief because he is still liable for his assignee's actions.
B) forced to pay the relief because Maria is related to him by blood.
C) not required to pay anything to the estate owner because assignors are in no way liable for their assignees.
D) not required to pay anything to the estate owner because three months had passed since the assignments.
E) granted the option by property law to pay or not to pay the relief.