Legal Opinion

Collins v. Strickland Bros.

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided January 21, 1918No. 8638PublishedCited by 6 opinions

Distraint; from Sumter superior court — Judge Graham presiding. October 30, 1916.

1Opinion of the CourtWade, C. J.

1. While the distress warrant was predicated upon the implied obligation to pay rent, arising from occupation of the premises by the defendant after entry under a tenant of the plaintiffs (and therefore under the plaintiffs), no issue as to the title to the premises was raised or presented in any manner by the pleadings or at the trial, but to the contrary the counter-affidavit interposed by the defendant, though denying the existence of the relation of landlord and tenant between the plaintiffs and the defendant, expressly admitted that the goods levied upon were stored in the building…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Elbert County v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1915
  2. Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. PerkersonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  3. Gainesville & Northwestern Railroad v. GallowayCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1916
  4. Atlantic Coast Line R. v. BlalockCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1910
  5. Henderson v. Maysville Guano Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1914

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mary Lynn Phillips and Mark A. Phillips v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
  2. City Motor Exchange v. BallingerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
  3. Cowart v. McLarinCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
  4. Greenfield v. RhodesCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918
  5. Rountree v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1918

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