Spaulding v. Justice
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 18, April T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1915, No. 943, on verdict for plaintiff in case of M. B. Spaulding v. William M. Justice, Renting Agent for German Savings and Deposit Bank and A. W. Ackerman. Replevin for household goods. Before Reid, J. Prom the record it appeared that William M. Justice, renting agent, had levied upon the plaintiff’s household goods for rent.
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Appeal, No. 18, April T., 1917, by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Allegheny Co., April T., 1915, No. 943, on verdict for plaintiff in case of M. B. Spaulding v. William M. Justice, Renting Agent for German Savings and Deposit Bank and A. W. Ackerman. Replevin for household goods. Before Reid, J. Prom the record it appeared that William M. Justice, renting agent, had levied upon the plaintiff’s household goods for rent. Plaintiff brought the present action to recover the goods, and claiméd that the premises were unsatisfactory, and that he was induced to sign the lease by false…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Kephart, J.,
The lease in this case was for a term of seventeen months, beginning December 1, 1913. The appellee, the tenant, vacated the premises on January 30, 1915, be*136cause water accumulated in the cellar and the roof leaked. He seeks to escape liability for the balance of the rent because of the fraudulent representations made to him before the lease was executed, that the house was “in an absolutely satisfactory and perfectly sanitary condition, that everything was in very good shape.”
The general rule, applying to houses or apartments for rent, is that in the absence of an…
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