Gehr v. Bessemer & Lake Erie R. R.

Citations

• 271 Pa. 125
• 114 A. 491
• 1921 Pa. LEXIS 467

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Duty to. repair — Negligence—Fall of porch —Evidence insufficient to show negligence — Nonsuit.</p> <p>1. A landlord is not liable to make repairs in the absence of express agreement to do so.</p> <p>2. In an action by a tenant against a landlord to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the fall of a porch, a non-suit is properly entered where plaintiff claims the injuries were caused by the negligence of defendant in making certain changes in the building, but the proof fails to show the changes were in any way connected with either the weakening of the floor, or in hastening the process of decay during a tenancy of thirteen years.</p>