Hatch v. Stamper
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit for use and occupation of leased’ premises; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Fairfield County and tried to tlie court, on the general issue with notice, before DeForest, J. Judgment for the plaintiffs, and motion for a new trial by the defendant. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
The plaintiffs leased to the defendant for the term of one year an old two-story dwelling house, the lower story of which she used for a millinery store, and the upper for a residence. The lease was by parol, the lessors agreeing to repair the roof and water pipes, but nothing more. Around the windows, and where an addition was joined to the main building, water came in during rain storms and damaged the defendant’s goods to the amount of several hundred dollars. The leakage also rendered the occupancy of the house inconvenient in other respects, making it damp, and to some extent unhealthy.…
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