Lamb v. Gorman

The propositions of law announced in the head-*664notes decide the points raised in the record, and perhaps do not require elaboration to be understood. A brief statement of the facts as disclosed by the record, however, may make clearer our exact meaning. Mrs. Gorman, under a written contract, leased to Lamb a storehouse in the city of Atlanta for a term of two years, commencing on October 1, 1912, with the rent payable monthly in advance. The first month’s rent of $20 was paid by Lamb. About the first of November Lamb sent the keys of the storehouse by one Williams to O. D. Gorman, the husband…