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Timestamp: 2019-04-23 04:07:46+00:00

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negligence, or strict liability? Love, 1975 WLR 19.
obligation to make repairs. For there to be a remedy for a a breach of a duty to repair other than that provided in s. 704.07, the obligation must be in a written lease signed by both parties. Halverson v. River Falls Youth Hockey Association, 226 Wis. 2d 105, 593 N.W.2d 895 (Ct. App. 1999).
1. Store the personalty, on or off the premises, with a lien on the personalty for the actual and reasonable cost of removal and storage or, if stored by the landlord, for the actual and reasonable value of storage. The landlord shall give written notice of the storage to the tenant within 10 days after the charges begin. The landlord shall give the notice either personally or by ordinary mail addressed to the tenant's last-known address and shall state the daily charges for storage. The landlord may not include the cost of damages to the premises or past or future rent due in the amount demanded for satisfaction of the lien. The landlord may not include rent charged for the premises in calculating the cost of storage. Medicine and medical equipment are not subject to the lien under this subdivision, and the landlord shall promptly return them to the tenant upon request. Chap. 704, 704.05(5)(a)1.
within 30 days after the date of personal service or the date of the mailing of the notice, the landlord may dispose of the property by private or public sale or any other appropriate means. The landlord may deduct from the proceeds of sale any costs of sale and any storage charges if the landlord has first stored the personalty under subd. 1. If the proceeds minus the costs of sale and minus any storage charges are not claimed within 60 days after the date of the sale of the personalty, the landlord is not accountable to the tenant for any of the proceeds of the sale or the value of the property. The landlord shall send the proceeds of the sale minus the costs of the sale and minus any storage charges to the department of administration for deposit in the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (gm). Chap. 704, 704.05(5)(a)2.
3. Store the personalty without a lien and return it to the tenant. Chap. 704, 704.05(5)(a)3.
Constructive eviction discussed. First Wis. Trust Co. v. L.
Wiemann Co. 93 Wis. 2d 258, 286 N.W.2d 360 (1980).
did not relieve lessor of burden to prove damages. Rivera v.
Eisenberg, 95 Wis. 2d 384, 290 N.W.2d 539 (Ct. App. 1980).
1. Keep in reasonable state of repair portions of the premises over which the landlord maintains control; Chap. 704, 704.07(2)(a)1.
2. Keep in a reasonable state of repair all equipment under the landlord's control necessary to supply services which the landlord has expressly or impliedly agreed to furnish to the tenant, such as heat, water, elevator or air conditioning; Chap. 704, 704.07(2)(a)2.
3. Make all necessary structural repairs; Chap. 704, 704.07(2)(a)3.
4. Except for residential premises subject to a local housing code, repair or replace any plumbing, electrical wiring, machinery or equipment furnished with the premises and no longer in reasonable working condition, except as provided in sub. (3) (b). Chap. 704, 704.07(2)(a)4.
5. For a residential tenancy, comply with a local housing code applicable to the premises. Chap. 704, 704.07(2)(a)5.
The remedy provided by (3) does not exclude diminution of market value as an alternative method of computing such damages, and although the former is to be preferred where the property is easily repairable and the latter where the injury does not destroy the property, evidence of each method may be introduced by either party with the lesser amount awardable as the proper measure of damages. Laska v. Steinpreis, 69 Wis. 2d 307, 231 N.W.2d 196.
Landlord must exercise ordinary care toward tenant and others on premises with permission. Pagelsdorf v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America, 91 Wis. 2d 734, 284 N.W.2d 55 (1979).
Sub. (3) (a) requires a tenant to pay for damage which the tenant negligently causes to a landlord's property regardless of whether the landlord or landlord's insurer initially pays for the damage. Bennett v. West Bend Mutual Ins. Co. 200 Wis. 2d 313, 546 N.W.2d 204 (Ct. App. 1996).
If there is no written lease, section 704.07 applies to the obligation to make repairs. For there to be a remedy for a a breach of a duty to repair other than that provided in s. 704.07, the obligation must be in a written lease signed by both parties. Halverson v. River Falls Youth Hockey Association, 226 Wis. 2d 105, 593 N.W.2d 895 (Ct. App. 1999).
Landlord and tenant law�the implied warranty of habitability in residential leases. 58 MLR 191.
(3) or breaches any covenant or condition of the tenant's lease, other than for payment of rent, the tenant's tenancy is terminated if the landlord gives the tenant a notice requiring the tenant to remedy the default or vacate the premises on or before a date at least 5 days after the giving of the notice, and if the tenant fails to comply with such notice. A tenant is deemed to be complying with the notice if promptly upon receipt of such notice the tenant takes reasonable steps to remedy the default and proceeds with reasonable diligence, or if damages are adequate protection for the landlord and the tenant makes a bona fide and reasonable offer to pay the landlord all damages for the tenant's breach. If within one year from the giving of any such notice, the tenant again commits waste or breaches the same or any other covenant or condition of the tenant's lease, other than for payment of rent, the tenant's tenancy is terminated if the landlord, prior to the tenant's remedying the waste or breach, gives the tenant notice to vacate on or before a date at least 14 days after the giving of the notice.
action, including such defenses as the landlord's title to the premises and whether the eviction was in retaliation for the tenant's reporting housing violations, but not including those raised by defendants as to violation of federal antitrust and state franchise laws�as well as public policy defenses. Clark Oil & Refining Corp. v. Leistikow, 69 Wis. 2d 226, 230 N.W.2d 736.
lease that required landlord permission for long term guests did not result in in the tenants losing their rights to possession of the property. Consequently the tenants' guests were on the premises with the legal possessor's permission and were not trespassers. Johnson v. Blackburn, 220 Wis. 2d 260, 582 N.W.2d 488 (Ct. App. 1998).
termination and the parties' agreement is established by clear and convincing proof. (Chap. 704, 704.19(2)(a)1.
2. Termination has been effected by a surrender of the premises. (Chap. 704, 704.19(2)(a)2.
3. Subsection (6) applies. (Chap. 704, 704.19(2)(a)3.
reported building code violations. Dickhut v. Norton, 45 Wis. 2d 389, 173 N.W.2d 297.
Retaliatory eviction as a defense. 54 MLR 239.
History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 777 (1975); 1993 a.
Wis. 2d 651, 321 N.W.2d 340 (Ct. App. 1982).
required to pay during holdover period regardless of whether or not tenant uses premises. Univest Corp. v. General Split Corp. 148 Wis. 2d 29, 435 N.W.2d 234 (1989).
Sale of property constituted acceptance of surrender of premises and termination of lease. First Wis. Trust Co. v. L. Wiemann Co. 93 Wis. 2d 258, 286 N.W.2d 360 (1980).
Court's retention of jurisdiction to determine damages for rents not yet due is permitted. Mitigation expenses which may be recovered are limited to necessary expenses incurred and does not include compensation for time spent in mitigating damages. Kersten v. H.C. Prange Co. 186 Wis. 2d 49, 520 NW(2d) 99 (Ct. App. 1994).
specific performance is not proper remedy. Chi-Mil. Corp. v. W. T. Grant Co. 422 F. Supp. 46.

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