GOKEY v. BESSETTE

No. 88-068.

580 A.2d 488 (1990)

Stan GOKEY v. Donald BESSETTE and Gail Bessette.

Supreme Court of Vermont.

July 13, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saxer, Anderson, Wolinsky & Sunshine, Richmond, for plaintiff-appellant.

Harley G. Brown III, Richmond, for defendants-appellees.

Before ALLEN, C.J., and PECK, GIBSON, DOOLEY and MORSE, JJ.


GIBSON, Justice.

Plaintiff landlord, who brought an action for unpaid rent, appeals from a district court decision denying relief and awarding defendant tenants damages and attorney's fees for breach of an implied warranty of habitability and retaliatory eviction. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

I.

The parties entered into an oral agreement for the rental of a mobile home starting in September of 1985 at a monthly rent of $400. The tenants...

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