Szathmary v. Adams
| Decision Date | 21 May 1896 |
| Citation | 166 Mass. 145,44 N.E. 124 |
| Parties | SZATHMARY v. ADAMS. |
| Court | United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court |
Philip Tworoger, for plaintiff.
Marcellus Coggan, for defendant.
It is a familiar rule of law that, in the absence of an express agreement to the contrary, the owner of a tenement let to a tenant is not bound to make repairs upon it during the term, and that the tenant alone is liable to third persons for damages caused by suffering the premises to become dangerous for want of proper repairs. Kirby v. Association, 14 Gray, 249; Inhabitants of Milford v. Holbrook, 9 Allen, 17-21; Clifford v. Cotton Mills, 146 Mass. 47, 15 N.E. 84. The plaintiff was injured by the fall of a window blind from a part of the defendant's building which had been let to a tenant. The judge found as a fact that at the time of the accident the blind was in the exclusive use and control of the tenant. There is nothing in the bill of exceptions to indicate that this finding was erroneous, nor to control the presumption of law that it was the duty of the tenant to keep the premises safe for persons passing or standing on the sidewalk below. Exceptions overruled.
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