Trondle v. Ward

The opinion of the court was. delivered by

Perskie, J.

The question we are asked to decide on the facts of this case is whether the landowner is liable for injuries sustained by a paid hotel guest of his tenants as the result of a latent defect in the leased premises.

The facts which give rise to the stated question are free from substantial dispute.

Plaintiff is a woman 78 years of age. During the summer season of -1939, she. was a paid guest at the Royal Hotel, in Asbury Park, New Jersey, where she occupied a room “which was just to the right of the lobby as you go into the hotel.” Because this…