Leases for more than one year.

A writing granting liberty to flow lands for a certain time is a lease within statute. 1 R. 318. When unacknowledged lease admissible in evidence. 1 D. 17; 7 C. 420. Unacknowledged lease for more than 1 year, good for 1 year; such lease not void, but voidable by third party, as lease for more than 1 year. 21 C. 168. Unrecorded lease good to convey an interest against a cotenant. 25 C. 137. Under statute, a lease effectual against the lessor is equally so against the lessee. 46 C. 92. Lease not sealed or acknowledged good between the parties. 47 C. 33. Effect of unrecorded lease. 80 C. 15; Id., 453. Oral lease not to be performed within a year is within statute of frauds. 80 C. 263; Id., 503; 82 C. 413; 86 C. 32. Validating acts inoperative on unrecorded lease for more than 1 year; likewise where recording is after judgment in summary process. 104 C. 295. Subsequent purchaser charged with notice of instrument separate from lease. 113 C. 476. Court properly concluded that defendant was bona fide purchaser. 134 C. 349. Cited. 147 C. 411. Plaintiff had notice of defendant's prior unrecorded lease, hence restrictive covenant in plaintiff's subsequent lease is not enforceable against defendant; an unrecorded lease is not void but voidable by persons protected under statute. 167 C. 294. Cited. 19 CA 471; 33 CA 197; 42 CA 426. Lease signed by lessor only is none the less executed in compliance with section. 6 CS 451. Unrecorded lease valid against lessee as well as lessor. 12 CS 55. Cited. 22 CS 452.