Kaylor v. Magill

ALLEN, Circuit Judge.

The principal question presented in this appeal is whether under Tennessee law a landlord who leases to a manufacturing company premises in a defective condition can by contract with the lessee absolve itself of liability to the lessee’s employee injured by reason of the condition of the premises.

Appellees E. A. Magill and William L. Magill doing business as Miagill Brothers (hereinafter called the landlord) are the owners of the premises in question, a two-story brick building located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, which on June 6, 1944 they leased for mill purposes to…