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Covenant To Repair As Evidence Of Landlord's Control, Edmund Button
Covenant To Repair As Evidence Of Landlord's Control, Edmund Button
Cleveland State Law Review
An exception to the rule that the tenant and not the landlord is liable for defective conditions of leased premises has for its basis the landlord's promise or covenant to repair. Unlike other exceptions, this one is neither well defined nor uniformly applied through-out the states. How the courts construe the landlord's promise to repair as affecting his liability in tort is the concern of this note.
Landlord's Retention Of Power To Control Premises, Jan S. Moskowitz
Landlord's Retention Of Power To Control Premises, Jan S. Moskowitz
Cleveland State Law Review
Generally, the landlord is under an affirmative obligation to exercise ordinary care to keep those parts of the premises over which he has retained possession and control in a reasonably safe condition. The test of possession and control is whether or not the landlord has the power and the right to admit people to or exclude them from the premises.