Watkins v. Feinberg

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

This is an action by a tenant for damages ensuing from the landlord’s breach of an asserted undertaking to repair the premises. The jury empanelled to try the issue returned a verdict for the tenant; and the landlord appeals from the consequent judgment.

It is assigned for error that the trial judge denied the landlord’s motion for the direction of a verdict in his favor on the ground, generally, that there was an utter lack of proof of the pleaded contractual duty to repair'. The assignment is not well-grounded. . .

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