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[1600] 5 Brn 515
Subject_1 DECISIONS of the LORDS OF COUNCIL AND SESSION. reported by Alexander Tait, Clerk Of Session, One Of The Reporters For The Faculty.
Subject_2 MASTER AND TENANT.
Buchanan
v.
Stark
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In a lease set by Buchanan to Stark,—Stark became bound “ to keep and maintain the whole housing on the said lands in a sufficient tenantable condition.” The Lord Pitfour, Ordinary, found that this clause did not liberate the master from the obligation, incumbent upon him, to put the houses in repair at the tenant's entry ; that this obligation was implied. And therefore the Lords refused a reclaiming petition without answers, and adhered.
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