Jackson v. Doherty

The action is for $160, a balance due for rent of premises, No. 163 Lafayette avenue, Brooklyn^ under a written lease for a term commencing October 15, 1895, and terminating May 1, 1897.

By one of the covenants of the lease the tenant is to do all repairs to the premises and to keep them in repair. Prior to the execution of the lease, however, the tenant examined the premises and found they needed repairs, and the landlords conceded on the trial, that “ whatever fixing needed to be done ” they would do. It is evident, therefore, that the parties understood that the landlords should first put…