Berkowitz v. Winston

The facts in evidence present but a single question of law: Is the owner of premises rented to another, to whom complete and entire possession has been surrendered, liable for personal injuries resulting to an employee of the lessee from the defective condition of the premises, though the owner had promised the lessee to make repairs ?

That precise question was before this court in the case of Burdick v. Cheadle, 26 Ohio St., 393, 20 Am. Rep., 767, and was answered in the negative. It was there held that the landlord was not liable in such action. The principle there announced has been adhered…