Prescott v. Le Conte
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Helen Gr. Le Conte and another, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiffs, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 19th day of January, 1903, upon the verdict of a jury, and also from an order entered in said clerk’s office on the 22d day of January, 1903, denying the defendants’ motion for a new trial made upon the minutes.
1Opinion of the Court
Laughlin, J.:
This action is brought to recover damages sustained by the plaintiffs through the negligence of the defendants in making, in fulfillment of a covenant contained in the lease, repairs to the roof of a building owned and leased by the defendants to the plaintiffs. The premises, are known as No. 11 Jay street, in the city of New York. The lease contained a covenant, the legal effect of which is that it became the duty of the landlord to make from time to time necessary repairs to the roof. The plaintiffs, with the consent in writing of the defendants, sublet the premises to a firm ■…
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