Cherberg v. Peoples National Bank

This is an appeal by defendant-lessor, Joshua Green Corporation, hereafter called lessor, from a judgment on a jury verdict rendered in favor of plaintiff-lessees, James J. and Arlene M. Cherberg, hereafter called Cherbergs, for an alleged failure to make repairs to a wall of the building in which the leased premises are located.

In 1967 Cherbergs leased from Seattle-First National Bank, a designated portion of the Lewis Building on Fifth Avenue in Seattle, Washington, and established therein a successful restaurant business. In 1972 the defendant-lessor acquired the building subject to…