An agreement in a lease to repair a demised house shall not be construed to bind the contracting party to rebuild or repair in case the house shall be destroyed or damaged to more than one half of its value, by accidental fire not occurring from the want of ordinary diligence on his part.
N.C. Gen. Stat. § 42-9
Agreement to rebuild, how construed in case of fire
1868-9, c. 156, s. 11; Code, s. 1752; Rev., s. 1985; C.S., s. 2349.
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