Case Name: Marie Cunningham vs. Louis Goldenberg
Court: Rhode Island Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Rhode Island
Decision Date: 1930-04-29
Citations: 6 R.I. Dec. 136
Docket Number: No. 83075
Parties: Marie Cunningham vs. Louis Goldenberg
Judges: 
Reporter: Rhode Island Decisions
Volume: 6
Pages: 136–137

Head Matter:
Marie Cunningham vs. Louis Goldenberg
No. 83075.
April 29, 1930.

Opinion:
BLODGETT, P. J.
Heard upon demurrer to declaration.
Declaration alleges a duty of defendant, owner of the premises rented to plaintiff from month to month, to keep the outer steps of the same in repair. Plaintiff claims to have been injured owing to lack of repair.
Defendant demurs on the ground that no such duty devolves upon him.
The declaration contains no allegation of any express agreement on part of defendant to keep the premises in repair.
"It is well settled law that there is no implied warranty on the part of the landlord that the premises let by him are suitable for the purpose for which they are hired."
For plaintiff: Fergus J. McOsker.
For defendant: Hinckley, Allen, Til-linghast, Phillips & Wheeler.
Whitehead vs. Comstock Co., 25 R. I. 425.
Demurrer sustained.