Duckworth v. Collier

Quillian, Chief Judge.

This is an action to recover damages for breach of a lease and trover.

The action arose from the following circumstances: defendant Collier is the executrix of the estate of her husband, Clarence Collier, who owned a parcel of real property on Stewart Avenue in southwest Atlanta which he leased to defendant Smart. Early in 1977 Duckworth, the plaintiff, rented a portion of the property from Smart on a month-to-month basis and conducted a retail used auto sa^ business on it. In September, 1977 Duckworth and Smart entered1 into a written one-year lease agreement on the same…