Covenant to Repair as Evidence of Landlord\u27s Control

An exception to the rule that the tenant and not the landlord is liable for defective conditions of leased premises has for its basis the landlord\u27s promise or covenant to repair. Unlike other exceptions, this one is neither well defined nor uniformly applied through-out the states. How the courts construe the landlord\u27s promise to repair as affecting his liability in tort is the concern of this note