Leonard v. Gilreath

OPINION

FRANKS, Judge.

This is a suit against a landlord for loss of items of personal property and damage to *723others left by the plaintiff in a house which plaintiff and her husband had previously leased.

The trial judge entered judgment for damages and the landlord has appealed, insisting that T.C.A., § 64-2835,1 relied upon by the tenant, has no application to the facts of this case and the evidence establishes no basis for holding the landlord liable for the plaintiff’s loss.

Plaintiff and her husband occupied the house in March, 1978, the latter having entered an oral month to month lease…