Karas v. Floyd

In August of 1977, after residing in a sixth-floor apartment at 147 West Fifth Street, Dayton, Ohio, for approximately seven years, defendant-appellee, Mary Floyd, entered into an oral lease with her landlord, plaintiff-appellant, Nicoletta C. Karas, d.b.a. Karas Realty Company (appellant), becoming a month to month tenant in apartment 302 at the same location.

Subsequently, appellee complained of inadequate water pressure throughout her apartment. Appellant engaged the L.A. Hodson Plumbing Company to look into the problem. In a letter to appellee, dated August 30, 1979, appellant’s attorney…