Lensey Corp. v. Wong

This is an appeal from a money judgment entered in a forcible entry and detainer suit to recover rent and possession of a leased single family residential dwelling. Peter Wong, the tenant, filed an answer and an affirmative defense based on breach of an implied warranty of habitability.

At trial, Mrs. Ivy Wong testified that she and her husband moved into the house on January 25, 1978. There were many problems with the house: the foundation leaked; the kitchen and bathroom faucets leaked; the doors and locks were not properly fitted; there was a one-inch gap between the bottom of the front…