JAMES & SON, INC. v. BREEDLOVE

SC 1868.

347 So.2d 1330 (1977)

JAMES & SON, INC., et al. v. J. G. BREEDLOVE et al.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied July 29, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl V. Johnson, Andalusia, for appellants.

W. H. Baldwin, Andalusia, for appellees.


FAULKNER, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order holding that a lessee was not entitled to recover from a lessor for damages caused by a roof collapse under a latent defect theory. We affirm.

On July 23, 1969, James & Son, Inc. (lessee) leased a commercial building from J. G. Breedlove and Joseph M. Breedlove (lessor) for five years. The lease contained no clause exempting lessor from liability for injury to lessee's property due to defects in the premises...

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