Estralita Lamps Inc. v. Marietta Industrial Ass'n

(After stating the foregoing facts.) “When the owner of real estate grants to another simply the right to possess and enjoy the use of such real estate, either for a fixed time or at the will of the grantor, and the tenant accepts the grant, the relation of landlord and tenant exists between them.” Code, § 61-101. Under the order of the court in the receivership proceedings, in which the plaintiff landlord intervened, the Marietta Industrial Association Inc., Design Inc., and Estralita Lamps Inc., each accepted the terms thereof and the defendant, Estralita Lamps Inc., became a tenant of the…