Wallace v. Paulus Bros. Packing Co.

This is an action for damages for the alleged breach of a covenant to repair, contained in a written lease of premises, brought by Paul B. Wallace and Helena A. Wallace, his wife, as plaintiffs, against Paulus Bros. Packing Co., a corporation, as defendant. From a judgment of involuntary nonsuit, plaintiffs appeal.

By the lease in question, defendant rented from Wallace Investment Company, Inc., an Oregon corporation, a certain warehouse building located in Salem, Oregon. The lease was dated September 1, 1928, and was for a term beginning May 1,1927, and terminating April 30, 1932. Defendant…