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Moore v. O'Connor

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Nov 18, 1958
106 So. 2d 606 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1958)

Opinion

No. 58-46.

November 18, 1958.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Dade County, Robert H. Anderson, J.

Alfred D. Bieley, Miami, for appellants.

Knight, Smith, Underwood Peters, Miami, and William M. Hoeveler, Coral Gables, for appellee.


The tenant sued the landlord for an injury occasioned by a rotted bannister. Final summary judgment was entered for defendant. Although the landlord had made a covenant for general repairs, it conclusively appeared from the pleadings and depositions on file together with the affidavits that neither the landlord nor the tenant had knowledge of the latent defect. The judgment is affirmed upon authority of the rule set forth in Butler v. Maney, 146 Fla. 33, 200 So. 226; Sampson v. Stanley Corp., Fla. 1954, 75 So.2d 186; cf. Propper v. Kesner, Fla. 1958, 104 So.2d 1.

Affirmed.

CARROLL, CHAS., C.J., and HORTON and PEARSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Moore v. O'Connor

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Nov 18, 1958
106 So. 2d 606 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1958)
Case details for

Moore v. O'Connor

Case Details

Full title:IRENE MOORE AND LEON RANDOLPH, MINORS, THROUGH THEIR MOTHER, NATURAL…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District

Date published: Nov 18, 1958

Citations

106 So. 2d 606 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1958)

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