Thomas v. Soodhalter’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “But when the partial destruction has been of such a nature as to menace discomfort to the tenant during the entire term; to cause the tenant to abandon the premises, in order that repairs may be made; when the premises are no longer suitable for the purposes for which they were leased,—in such cases it is clear that the lease should be annulled. The partial destruction of the building leased by plaintiffs from defendants made it entirely unfit for the purposes for which it was leased. It was a wreck. It was not habitable. It was unfit for the storage of goods and merchandise. The necessary repairs to it required some months for their completion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 385 So. 2d 886 - Bossier Center, Inc. v. Palais Royal, Inc.