Furthermore, the obligor can raise against the assignee counterclaims and setoffs that the obligor had against the assignor.
It has, however, been suggested in consultations that the assignor of a tenancy might still be held to be the tenant of the holding after he had assigned it.
The assignor, that is, the original tenant, can recover it from the landlord and can also recover it from the person to whom he has assigned his lease.
The assignor is, of course, to remain bound by the package of rights and obligations to the extent that they relate to the part retained by him.
The assignor will be released only on the next assignment that is not an assignment in breach or by operation of law.
In such a case, it will be necessary for the assignor and the assignee to apportion liability between themselves.
There is no assignor of a statutory tenancy.
Obviously, they will not become the assignors about whom one is speaking when talking of the exercise of this right of forfeiture.
