Legal Opinion
Saunders v. Sasser
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 14, 1952No. 34129PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The decision in this case must depend upon whether the defendants were tenants at will, as contended by the landlord, or whether they were tenants as assignees of the lease to Paul Tyler. If the latter, the option to renew the lease passed to them as a valuable right under the lease contract which they might exercise in their own right. Hamby & Toomer v. Georgia Iron & Coal Co., 127 Ga. 792 (1b) (56 S. E. 1033). Without entering into the question of whether the lease intended to pass a mere usufruct or an estate for years, it will be noticed that both…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hamby & Toomer v. Georgia Iron & Coal Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1907
- Lawson v. HaygoodSupreme Court of Georgia · 1947
- Goytino Penilla v. GerstenkornCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1927
- Felder v. OldhamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
- Maas Bros., Inc. v. WeitzmanMichigan Supreme Court · 1939
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Childress v. AbelesSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1954
- Fields v. JacksonCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1960
- Florence Lustig Crossman, A/K/A Florence Lustig, Trading and Doing Business as Florence Lustig v. Fontainebleau Hotel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Chalkley v. WardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
- LeCraw v. Atlanta Arts Alliance, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1972
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