Legal Opinion

Roe v. Doe

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided June 17, 1980No. 35682PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Hill, Justice.

This ejectment action was brought by "John Doe,” the "fictitious lessee” of Motel Associates of Atlanta, to eject Mr. and Mrs. Paul Jones from a penthouse apartment on the seventh floor of the Best Western White House Hotel in Atlanta. The White House Hotel stands partially on property which Paul Jones owned in 1962. In November, 1962, Jones entered into a long term lease to developers who were to remove the then existing structure (the Jones Building) and construct a multi-story hotel-motel building.

Paragraph 5 of the lease provides: "Optionor-Owner-Lessor [Jones] agrees to…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Price v. GrossSupreme Court of Georgia · 1918
  2. Martin v. HeardSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. Wall v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1915
  4. Williams v. Federal Land BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1932
  5. Filsoof v. ChathamCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1978

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Simpson v. Kistler Investment Co.Wyoming Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Bowman v. Walnut Mountain Property Owners Ass'nCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2001
  3. Financial Security Assurance, Inc. v. Tollman-Hundley Dalton, L.P.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1994
  4. Turner Communications Corp. v. HickcoxCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  5. In Re Tollman-Hundley Dalton, L.P.United States Bankruptcy Court, N.D. Georgia · 1993

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