Hearn v. Barden

Quillian, Judge.

A landlord has no duty of inspection “for the purpose of discovering defects arising subsequent to the time of the lease, and he is, therefore, not liable to his tenant for injuries resulting from defects thus arising, unless he has’ had actual knowledge of them, or has been notified of such defects and has failed to make repairs within a reasonable time, and the tenant could not have avoided the injuries resulting therefrom by the exercise of ordinary care on his own part.” Finley v. Williams, 45 Ga. App. 863, 864 (1) (166 SE 265).

In our view the plaintiff can not recover…