Pennsylvania Co. for Insuring Lives & Granting Annuities v. Bodek

Citations

• 77 Pa. Super. 473
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 297

Syllabus

<p>Landlord and tenant — Leases—Destruction of premises by fire— Liability for rent.</p> <p>In the absence of an express agreement there is no implied obligation on a landlord to repair demised premises. The destruction of the premises by fire does not exonerate the tenant from the payment of rent, on the ground that the landlord did not keep the property in repair.</p> <p>A clause in a lease providing that “No repairs of any sort or kind are to be done in and about the premises, during the lease, by the lessor, saving that the roof will not be required to be repaired by the lessee. The lessor, however, assumes no responsibility to the lessee in case of nonrepair to the roof, or for any damages resulting from such nonrepair,” did not constitute any obligation on the part of the landlord to repair the roof. Such a provision only excused the tenant from any duty to repair the roof.</p>