Polgar v. Kantor

The suit was tried in the Passaic Circuit, before the court and a jur}r, and a verdict rendered for Margaret Polgar for $6,750 and for Michael Polgar for $1,000.

The defendant obtained this rule to show cause. The action was by husband and wife, as tenants, to recover damages for injuries to plaintiff’s wife, by reason of alleged negligence in the defendant landlord in omitting to repair the roof of the house in which plaintiffs were tenants.

There was evidence that the roof was in such a. defective condition as to allow rain to enter into plaintiffs’ apartment, as well as the hall; that…