Hines v. Willcox

In these causes petitions to rehear have been filed and pressed with much earnestness.

The trial Judge in the Court below correctly laid down the law in regard to the tenant, and imposed upon her the risk of the premises if she knew, or by the exercise of reasonable care and diligence could have known, of their dangerous condition. It is complained that this Court imposed upon the landlord a like degree of care in ascertaining whether his premises were in safe condition when, he let them. The correctness of the rule and liability of the landlord is not denied when he has actual knowledge of…