Lawson v. Haygood

Bell, Justice.

1. Under a lease of real estate for a term of less tlian 5 years, and granting only the usufruct, the tenant cannot sublet the premises or transfer the lease without the consent of the landlord; but if he should, without such consent, undertake to assign or transfer such lease to another person, the landlord may, by affirmative action, elect to treat such unauthorized transferee as his own tenant, and thereby establish between them the relation of landlord and tenant according to the terms of the original lease. Code, § 61-101; Hudson v. Stewart, 110 Ga. 37 (35 S. E. 178) ;…