Hoger v. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.

Coring, Justice.

In a suit to recover for an injury caused by the breaking of a porcelain faucet handle in the bathroom of an apartment rented to plaintiff and his mother by the defendant Shanedling, the plaintiff had a verdict and the defendant Shanedling appealed from an order denying his blended motion for judgment or a new trial, the corporate defendant having obtained a directed verdict.

Plaintiff and his mother jointly rented a five-room-and-bath apartment from month to month at a rental of $22 per month from the defendant Shanedling on September 1, 1935. The contract was oral, and there…