Carter v. Hart

A suit on a yearly contract for rent was brought in the municipal court of Macon, the plaintiff claiming a balance due for the last two months covered by the alleged contract. The petition alleged that “petitioner rented to defendant a part of his house known as 735 College street in the city of Macon, for a term beginning October 1st, 1921, and ending September 30th, 1922, at a monthly rental of $42.50.” The judge charged the jury as follows: “Where there is a lease for a year, and the tenant, after the expiration of the lease, by the consent of both parties remains in possession of the…