Section 1941

Citation: Section 1941
Parent Document: Knight v. Hallsthammar, 623 P.2d 268 (1981)
Jurisdiction: California (state)
Effective Date: 1981-02-13
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/1241155/knight-v-hallsthammar/ ↗

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The trial court defined the implied warranty of habitability in the language used in Green, distinguishing between “‘bare living requirements’” on the one hand and “‘“amenities’”” and “aesthetically pleasing condition” on the other. The Green illustrations were also included.6 (10 Cal.3d at p. 637.) Appellants complain of the court’s rejection of lengthy instruction quoting the language of the eight subdivisions of Civil Code section 1941.1 and adding a number of other requirements to define habitable premises. The offered instruction among other *68things would require the landlord to keep clean every room and bathroom in the apartment house. Obviously, the implied warranty of habitability does not require the landlord to provide maid service to every tenant to clean up his room and bathroom. The trial court was not required to correct the offered instruction. (Shaw v. Pacific Greyhound Lines (1958) 50 Cal.2d 153, 158 [323 P.2d 391].) D. Prior Condition

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