Kenyon v. Regan

OPINION

ORME, Judge:

This appeal involves a landlord-tenant dispute. The landlord defendant appeals from the trial court’s judgment awarding the tenant plaintiff a rebate of all rent paid after the landlord received notice that the rental property was uninhabitable but refused to make meaningful repairs. We reverse and remand.

FACTS

On October 15, 1986, the plaintiff, Juanita Kenyon, rented a house from defendant, Steve Regan, for $295 per month. The parties’ verbal arrangement was for a month-to-month tenancy. Kenyon lived in the house until March 31, 1988. Although the house was in a state of…