Publishers Building Co. v. Miller

The owner and lessor of certain premises brought suit against a number of defendants for breach of covenant of a lease, seeking in the action to recover the cost of repairing a furnace located in the leased property. The defendants, consisting of the tenant in possession and certain prior tenants, all being connected with and concerned in the lease, answered separately, denying liability.

The cause proceeded to trial before a jury. Defendants’ motion for dismissal of plaintiff’s case at the close of its evidence, and plaintiff’s subsequent motion for a directed verdict, were each denied. The…