Kurek v. Port Chester Housing Authority

Plaintiffs were tenants in a multiple dwelling house which was one of a group of buildings owned and operated by defendant Housing Authority. In the basement of said house the defendant Liammari had installed, under contract with the Authority, four electrically driven laundry washing machines, besides other laundry equipment, for use of the tenants in the Authority’s group of buildings. The contract provided that the machines were to remain the property of Liammari; that they were to be under his exclusive control and supervision; and that he was to maintain and service them so that they…