Minor v. Hogg

Citations

• 67 Pa. Super. 419
• 1917 Pa. Super. LEXIS 419

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Covenant for repairs — Injury to tenant’s goods.</p> <p>Where a tenant is in possession of a storeroom in a building under a lease to keep the premises “in good repair, including water pipes,” and the tenant’s goods are injured by a flood of water which was diverted into the storeroom through a defective rain-spout which connected the roof gutter with the ground, the landlord is liable to the tenant for the injuries sustained, if it appears that the'diversion of the water was due to the defective construction or maintenance of the roof gutter and down spouting, and that the roof gutter and down spout were not in any way a part of or connected with the premises leased by the tenant.</p> <p>In such a case evidence that an agent of the landlord had orally promised the lessee before the lease was executed that the premises would be kept dry, is immaterial.</p>