Friedl v. Lackman

In order to determine whether the Court of Common Pleas committed error prejudicial to the owner, it is necessary to examine the covenant in the lease relating to repairs of the building in question. Did that covenant in any manner change or lessen the responsibility of the owner to a pedestrian on the sidewalk? The covenant states that “The lessor shall keep the outside of said building in good repair * * That does not lessen the responsibility or liability of the owner to the pedestrian on the sidewalk as to any part of the outside of the building. Whatever duty he owed the public as to the…