Greene v. Birdsey

1. Where a, landlord lias parted with possession of the rented premises, he, by virtue of a provision in the contract of rental relieving him of any obligation to keep the premises in repair, is not, as respects third persons lawfully upon the premises, relieved of the duty resting upon him by statute to keep the premises in repair; and where, by reason of the landlord’s failure to exercise due care to repair the premises and render them safe for third persons lawfully entering thereon to do business with the tenant, one of them sustains an injury as the proximate result of the landlord’s…