Legal Opinion
Dilks v. Flohr Chevrolet
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 2, 1963No. Appeal, 85PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Benjamin R. Jones,
This appeal requires the construction of several paragraphs of a written building lease to determine whether, under those paragraphs of the lease, the lessee is relieved of any liability to the lessor for damages to the building arising from a fire allegedly caused by the negligence of the lessee’s employees.
On December 6, 1956, Milford Dilks (Dilks), the owner of premises located at 551 Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, Pa., leased the premises for a term of five years to Flohr Chevrolet, Inc. (Chevrolet), to be used by the latter as an automobile sales…
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