Section 35-9-40 Subrogation of subtenant to rights, liens and remedies of landlord. - Alabama Statutes

Section 35-9-40

Subrogation of subtenant to rights, liens and remedies of landlord.

Any subtenant who pays or discharges any debt or lien which the landlord has against the tenant in chief, by contract, judicial process or otherwise, shall be subrogated to the rights, liens and remedies, which the landlord had against the tenant in chief as to such debt or lien so paid or satisfied, or he may set off such debt, claim or demand so paid or discharged by him against any claim, debt or demand which the tenant in chief may have against such subtenant.

(Code 1923, §8811; Code 1940, T. 31, §26.)