Corbett v. Derman Shoe Co.

This is an action in contract for damages from an alleged breach of a covenant in a lease made in 1940. The covenant declared on is in the following provision: "The Lessors covenant that they will, at their own cost and expense, make repairs, both outside and inside the buildings, including the elevator and boilers to an amount in all not exceeding . . . $500 . . . per year and the Lessee covenants that it will at its own cost and expense make all repairs in excess of said . . . $500 . . . necessary to keep the premises in such repair, order and condition as the same are at the commencement…