SHEPARD, Chief Justice.
The question presented is whether a binding covenant to repair may reasonably be inferred from a landlord's admonition to a tenant at the inception of an oral lease to "do nothing" to the rental premises and his later specific promise to make a particular repair. We hold that such an inference may reasonably be drawn.
Richard Childress (Richard) leased a house from Carl E. Bowser, Jr., in March 1985 under an oral, month-to-month lease...
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