Glickauf v. Maurer

Citations

• 75 Ill. 289

Syllabus

<p>1. Negligence — when landlord liable to tenant for. Where a landlord leases the lower story of a building to a tenant, but occupies the upper story himself, he will have no right to use it in such a manner as to injure the tenant; and if, through negligence, want of reasonable care or skill on the part of the landlord or his servants, the tenant is injured, the former will be liable to repair the same in damages.</p> <p>2. Where a landlord occupying the upper story of a building employed a mechanic to put in a skylight in the roof, who neglected to cover the same, so that it rained through the opening and thereby damaged the goods of a tenant occupying the first story, it was held that the landlord was liable to the tenant for the negligence of the mechanic in doing the work. This case distinguished from Scammon v. City of Chicago, 25 Ill. 424, as there the owner gave the entire possession and control of the premises to the contractor.</p> <p>3. Error—refusing evidence that could not change the result. The refusal to admit competent evidence where its admission could not have changed the result is not sufficient ground to reverse.</p>