Beaulac v. Robie
Supreme Court of Vermont
Tort for Negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by-jury at the June Term, 1916, Caledonia County, Waterman, J., presiding. Verdict for plaintiff. Defendant excepted. The opinion states the ease. Both the defendants cannot be held. It was either the duty of the landlord to make the repairs, or the duty of the tenant to make them. There was no evidence of á joint duty in that respect.
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Tort for Negligence. Plea, the general issue. Trial by-jury at the June Term, 1916, Caledonia County, Waterman, J., presiding. Verdict for plaintiff. Defendant excepted. The opinion states the ease. Both the defendants cannot be held. It was either the duty of the landlord to make the repairs, or the duty of the tenant to make them. There was no evidence of á joint duty in that respect. If the duty rests upon the tenant, the landlord is not liable; if upon the landlord, the tenant is not liable. Texas Loan Agency v. Fleming, 44 L. R. A. 279; Fisher v. Thirkell, 4 Am. Rep. 422; Ahern v. Steel,…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This is an action for personal injuries received by the plaintiff on premises owned by defendant Robie and occupied in part by defendant Slayton. There was trial by jury with verdict and judgment against both defendants, who reserved joint and several exceptions.
Robie was the owner of two connected buildings, one of which he occupied as a grist mill, while he rented the other to two tenants, an upstairs tenement to one Chaffee and a store on the ground floor to Slayton. Plaintiff’s accident occurred on a platform in front of the store rented by Slayton. There were platforms in front of and…
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