Repair

1.

To replace a building as it was, or to restore it after injury or dilapidation; not, to enlarge or elevate it by raising it a story or by extending its sides.8 A covenant to repair may involve an obligation to rebuild.'

2.

Not, to make a new thing, but to refit, make good or restore an existing thing; as, to repair a highway.'"

1 Bosler v. Kuhn, 8 W. & S. 18S (1844), Gibson, C. J. ' Wallace v. Harmstad, 44 Pa. 405 (1863). 3 Hannen v. Ewalt, 18 Pa. 9 (1851). « Fassltt V. Middleton, 47 Pa. 214 (1864). See generally a Am. Law Reg. 577-90 (1854), Pa. cases. • 2 Bl. Com. 42. See also 18 F. R. 499; 28 Barb. 216; 21 id. 648; 44 Pa. 495-97; 38 Vt. 865. ' 8 Bl. Com. 42. See 44 Pa. 495-97, supra. 'See 2 Washb. B. P. 273; Smith, Landl. & T. *89; Wallace v. Harmstad, 44 Pa. 493 (1863).

8 Douglass V. Commonwealth, 8 Rawle, 864 (1830); Stevens D. Milnor, 84 N. J. E. 373 (1874). » Beach v. Crain, 8 N. Y. £3 (1848); Mcintosh v. Lown, 49 Barb. 554 (1867); Hoy v. Holt, 91 Pa. 90 (1879); Der- To restore to sound or good condition, after injury or partial destruction; as, to repair a street from curb to curb.* Includes the substitution of new curbstones and gutters for old ones; ^ but not of a new and different kind of pavement.8 Referring to a sewer, may mean to keep it large enough to carry off all the water naturally flowing into it.'

See Covenant: Erect, 1; Landlord; Lien; Necessary; Profit; Receiver; Res, Perit; Restitutio; Road; Sidewalk; Street; Wall.