Lee v. McLaughlin
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. The case is stated in the opinion. Defendant liable because tenants are not responsible for the roof or outside of the building, unless they agreed to take charge and keep the outside of the building in proper condition. Nothing in the case to indicate that tenants had control of the roof.
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On report. The case is stated in the opinion. Defendant liable because tenants are not responsible for the roof or outside of the building, unless they agreed to take charge and keep the outside of the building in proper condition. Nothing in the case to indicate that tenants had control of the roof. Renting his store to tonants-at-will, without any special agreement as to repairs or care of the property, did not exclude the landlord from the roof of the store or relieve him from the obligation to remove the snow and ice accumulated thereon. The facts in the case show it to be a nuisance and…
1Opinion of the CourtPoster, J.
The defendant was the owner of a brick store with a slated roof, situated on the westerly side of Broad street and easterly side of Pickering Square in Bangor.
*411It appears from the evidence and admitted facts that for several years prior to and at the time of the accident, "the Avhole store, the real estate and building, were in the occupation of Thurston & Kingsbury under a tenancy at will from the defendant.”
A quantity of snow Avhich had fallen upon the roof of the building slid off into the street and upon the sidewalk, thereby causing a horse Avhich was attached to a truck wagon, and…
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