Love v. McDevitt

Eberhardt, Judge.

1. A landlord may allow the property abandoned by his tenant prior to the end of the term to stand idle, and hold the tenant for the rent; or he may relet the premises and hold the tenant for the difference in the rent contracted for and that actually recovered. Hulsey v. Harrington, 57 Ga. App. 479, 484 (195 SE 901); Dehco Inc. v. Greenberg, 105 Ga. App. 236 (2) (124 SE2d 311).

2. Where the lease provides that the lessor, as the lessee’s agent, upon breach by the lessee, may at the lessor’s option enter upon the premises and rent or relet it at the best price- obtainable by…