Veal v. Jenkins

1. In all eases where a tenant holding possession of land shall fail to pay the rent when it becomes due, the landlord is afforded a summary remedy for his eviction. "Non-payment of the rent is the *5gist of the landlord’s cause of complaint, and eviction of the tenant from the premises is the object of the remedy.” Code, § 61-301; Carter v. Sutton, 147 Ga. 496 (94 S. E. 760), and cit.

2. A purchaser of land from a landlord during the term of the tenant has the same right to dispossess the tenant that the landlord had. Willis v. Harrell, 118 Ga. 906 (6) (45 S. E. 794).

3. “A holder in due course…