Case ID: misc_1/html/0215-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Newburger, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Mittelstadt v. Wulfers.
    (City Court of New York—General Term,
    November, 1892.)
    A lease provided that the landlord might enter the premises for the purpose of making repairs and alterations, and that the tenant would make no claim for damages by reason thereof. In an action for rent, the tenant defended on the ground that such repairs thereafter made rendered the premises untenantable. Held, that a direction of a verdict for the landlord was justifiable.
    Appeal from judgment entered on a verdict directed for plaintiff.
    
      Ten Eyck & Remington, for plaintiff (respondent).
    
      Culver & Anthony, for defendant (appellant).
   Newburger, J.

This action is brought to recover rent for two months under a lease.

The defendant entered into possession of the premises and paid the rent for four months, but refused to pay the last two months of the term, on the ground that the premises became untenantable and unfit for occupation, by reason of the removal of the roof and other alterations to the building.

The lease provided that the plaintiff might enter the premises for the purpose of making repairs to the roof and alterations to the premises, and that defendant would make no claim for damages by reason of any alteration.

From an examination of the record it appears that no error was committed during the trial of this action. The trial justice was justified in directing a verdict for the plaintiff.

For these reasons the judgment appealed from must be affirmed, with costs.

Ehrlich, Ch. J., and Fitzsimons, J., concur.

Judgment affirmed.