Legal Opinion
Zaimis v. Sharis
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 30, 2002No. S02A1200PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BENHAM, Justice.
In 1994, Nikalaos Zaimis leased commercial premises from Anita Sharis. The first paragraph of the lease provided for a five-year term and an annual rent of $5,720, payable in equal weekly installments ($110). Paragraph 21 of the lease provided for an option to renew with the same terms “except that the monthly rent shall be the sum of $135.00.” Zaimis noticed the discrepancy two years into the lease, but said nothing. When the first lease term expired, Zaimis took the position that the lease called for a monthly rent of $135, not the weekly rent in that amount that Sharis…
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- Rasmussen v. MartinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
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