Legal Opinion
Leech v. Husbands
Superior Court of Delaware
Decided November 11, 1930No. 156PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Harrington, J.,
delivering the opinion of the court:
This is an action of debt for rent and whatever the rule may be in a short term lease of a furnished house or apartment where immediate occupancy is intended, the rule of caveat emptor ordinarily applies between landlord and tenant and there is no implied covenant, or even a warranty, in a lease of an unfurnished house or apartment that it is either reasonably fit or safe for habitation, or that it will remain in that condition. Cowen v. Sunderland, 145 Mass. 363, 14 N. E. 117, 1 Am. St. Rep. 469; Griffin v. Freeborn, 181 Mo. App. 203, 168 S.…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- Huset v. J. I. Case Threshing Mach. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1903
- Lumiansky v. TessierMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1912
- Royce v. GuggenheimMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Cutter v. HamlenMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1888
- Bowe v. HunkingMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1883
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Pierce v. NashCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1954
- Old Time Petroleum Co. v. TurcolCourt of Chancery of Delaware · 1931
- Eastern States Petroleum Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1946
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