Brindis v. Haverhill Morris Plan Co.

The case is before this court, after a verdict for the plaintiffs, upon the defendant’s exceptions to the refusal of the trial judge to direct a verdict in its favor and to a part of his charge.

The plaintiffs and defendant were tenants of a common landlord. The plaintiffs occupied under a lease the second and third floors and a part of the basement at number 2 Washington Street, Haverhill: The defendant occupied under a lease a part of the ground floor of the same building. The lease of the defendant contained the covenant “that it will keep the said premises in such repair as the same are in…