Clarke v. Yukon Investment Co.

Citations

• 83 Wash. 485
• 145 P. 624
• 1915 Wash. LEXIS 723

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and Tenant — Repairs — Liability op Landlord — Fire Escapes — Police Regulations. Rem. & Bal. Code, § 6030 et seq., relating to hotels, inns, and public lodging houses, regulating the construction of fire escapes therefor, and providing (§ 6046) that “any owner, manager, agent or person in charge of a hotel” who shall violate the provisions of the act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, has reference to the owner of a hotel business (under lease without restrictions upon the use or covenants to repair) and not the owner of the building (out of possession); and hence, where fire escapes are required upon a hotel building under the exercise of the police power, the duty and expense of construction devolves upon such a lessee where there is no covenant in the lease imposing such duty on the landlord.</p>