Reste Realty Corporation v. Cooper

How courts have described this case

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• affirming trial court’s finding that regular flooding that made it necessary for business tenant to move meetings to another site constituted breach of covenant of quiet enjoyment
• although tenant had inspected premises, there was nothing to show the inspection would have disclosed the flooding problem; lessor knew or should have known of the condition and had a duty to disclose it to the tenant
• “The general rule is, of course, that a tenant’s right to claim a constructive eviction will be lost if he does not vacate the premises within a reasonable time after the right comes into existence.”
• barricade built in front of tenant's cafe and construction
• emphasis added; citations modified; additional harmonious case citations omitted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).