CORBETT v. DERMAN SHOE CO.


338 Mass. 405 (1959)

155 N.E.2d 423

WILLIAM E. CORBETT & others, trustees, vs. DERMAN SHOE COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

January 19, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sumner W. Elton, for the plaintiffs.

Harry Bergson, for the defendant.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., WILLIAMS, COUNIHAN, WHITTEMORE, & CUTTER, JJ.


WHITTEMORE, J.

This is an action in contract for damages from an alleged breach of a covenant in a lease made in 1940. The covenant declared on is in the following provision: "The Lessors covenant that they will, at their own cost and expense, make repairs, both outside and inside the buildings, including the elevator and boilers to an amount in all not exceeding ... $500 ... per year and the Lessee covenants that it will...

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