Pignatario v. Meyers

There is no obligation at common law on the part of a landlord to make repairs upon leased property or to keep the same in safe condition, apart from a contract so to do. Gallagher v. Button, 73 Conn. 172, 175, 46 Atl. 819; Valin v. Jewell, 88 Conn. 151, 156, 90 Atl. 36. The lease (Exhibit B) in the instant case imposes no such liability. In this case there is no contractual liability, and the action is one purely of tort, and must show some primary right of plaintiff’s invaded by defendants. It appears to be established by the evidence that the tenement above the store of plaintiff had been…