Touch Industries, Inc. v. 75 Canton Business Park Ltd. Partnership

Carley, Presiding Judge.

After appellee-plaintiff applied for a distress warrant pursuant to OCGA § 44-7-70 et seq., appellant-defendant filed an answer and traverse, based, in part, upon the asserted non-existence of any landlord-tenant relationship. After a bench trial, the trial court entered judgment in favor of appellee and appellant appeals therefrom.

In relevant part, the trial court made the following findings of fact: appellee originally leased the premises to McDaniel Business Systems, Inc. (McDaniel). Concerned about information that McDaniel had subsequently been purchased by…