Ehinger v. Bahl

Citations

• 208 Pa. 250
• 57 A. 572
• 1904 Pa. LEXIS 739

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Agreement to repair — Contract.</p> <p>Where a tenant in possession under a parol lease from month to month notifies his landlord of a, serio us crack in the wall óf the leased building, and states that he will move out if it is not immediately repaired, and the landlord promises to make the repairs at once, but fails to do so, and a few days afterwards the building falls and injures the tenant’s stock and furniture, the tenant has a right of action against the landlord, and his measure of damages is his loss consequent on the landlord’s failure to make the repairs.</p>