Papallo v. Meriden Savings Bank

The facts found by the trial court in this case are these: For some time prior to June 28, 1938, the plaintiff had been a month-to-month tenant in the defendant’s premises. When the tenancy began, the ceiling of the kitchen within the leased tenement was in poor condition. About a month prior to June 28, 1938, a piece of plaster fell from the ceiling of the kitchen. The plaintiff spoke to the defendant’s officer in charge of real estate two or three times and told him that a piece of plaster had fallen from the kitchen ceiling and that he, the plaintiff, would move out if the ceiling was not…