Eckert v. Reichardt

The plaintiff, with her husband, a police officer, and‘their two children, lived in a tenement house, No. 523 East One Hundred and Thirty-eighth street, for a period of about two and one-half years prior to October 22, 1922. The apartment consisted of four rooms and a bath. The rent had been paid in advance covering the date mentioned.

The ceiling of the bedroom had been cracked for a period of about a year before the accident, and at different times the plaintiff and her husband notified the agent of the premises of this condition. Promises were made that the ceiling would be examined, tested…