Zibilich v. Rouseo

This is a suit by the lessee to cancel a lease contract on the ground that he was deprived of the use of the property for the purpose for which it was leased.

There is also a demand for the return of that portion of the rent paid in advance for the period between the closing of the building and the date to which the rent had been paid.

The building was closed under the direction of the state fire marshal, for the reason that it did not contain adequate exits of escape in case of fire as required by law.

The defendant denied that the fire marshal had authority to order the building ■closed, and…