Mason v. Howes

Plaintiff was for some years the tenant of defendant, occupying as a millinery shop and residence a suite of rooms in the Wakelee Block. The arrangement was made through Mr. Wakelee, the agent of defendant. It was her claim that defendant was to keep the premises in repair, that he failed to do so after his attention was called to the necessity of making repairs, and that because of his negligence a quantity of plaster fell from the ceiling, injuring her goods, and upon another occasion upsetting a lamp and setting fire to her goods. Her declaration has several counts, in which she claimed,…