Kulman v. Sulcer

Townsend, Judge.

It is perfectly true, as contended by the plaintiffs in error, that a landlord is not liable to a tenant for the trespass or negligence of a cotenant to whom the landlord has surrendered control of another part of the premises. J. B. White & Co. v. Montgomery, 58 Ga. 204(2); Leonard v. Fulton Nat. Bank of Atlanta, 86 Ga. App. 635 (72 S. E. 2d 93); Goettee v. Carlyle, 68 Ga. App. 288 (22 S. E. 2d 854); Edwards v. Lassiter, 67 Ga. App. 368 (20 S. E. 2d 451). Nor does the landlord’s covenant of quiet enjoyment extend to an undertaking that the lessee will not be disturbed or…