Demarest v. Moore

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Appellants Theodore and Basil Demarest, father and son, appeal the order of the trial court granting summary judgment to appellee. Appellants were lawful tenants of Hidden Lakes Apartments of which appellee Kirby Moore was a partner of a partnership owning and controlling the leased premises. On January 10, 1990, appellants’ apartment was forcibly broken into, and certain items of personal property were stolen therefrom. The perpetrator(s) gained entrance by apply ing force against a back door causing the screws anchoring the locking mechanism to the doorframe to…