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"It is now well settled that on the death of the original tenant, subject to any provision to the contrary either negativing or limiting the succession, the tenancy rights devolve on the heirs of the deceased tenant. The incidence of the tenancy are the same as those enjoyed by the original tenant. It is a single tenancy which devolves on the heirs. There is no division of the premises or of the rent payable therefor. That is the position as between the landlord and the heirs of the deceased tenant. In other words, the heirs succeed to the tenancy as joint tenants. Therefore when on the death of the original tenant the tenancy rights devolved upon the sons, daughters and wife of the original tenant and the terminating tenancy was addressed to any served upon one of the sons of the original tenant who paid rent on behalf of all and acted on behalf of all the heirs of the original tenant, the notice to only one of the joint tenants could not be said to be insufficient."