Legal Opinion

Kenny v. Collier

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided November 1, 1887PublishedCited by 50 opinions

Contracts. Actions. Damages. Pleadings. . Landlord and Tenant. Before Judge Marshall J. Clarke. Fulton Superior Court. March Term, 1887. Reported in the decision.

1Opinion of the Court

Bleckley, Chief Justice.

The action was not in any regular technical form, either common law or statutory. The declaration simply stated facts and prayed for process. It annexed, by way of exhibit, a contract under seal, executed in May, 1885, by which the defendant “rented and leased” to the plaintiff a certain store-room and basement, for the term of one year, commencing on the first of October thereafter, at fifty dollars per month, payable monthly in advance. It alleged readiness to perform, and a virtual offer to perform, on plaintiff’s part, and a breach of tbie contract on defendant’s…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Giles v. O'TooleNew York Supreme Court · 1848
  2. Stewart v. Lanier House Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1886
  3. Smith v. Eubanks & HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 1884
  4. Red v. City CouncilSupreme Court of Georgia · 1858
  5. Townsend v. Nickerson Wharf Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875

3Cited by50 opinions

  1. Central Coal & Coke Co. v. HartmanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1901
  2. Machine Co. v. . Tobacco Co.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1906
  3. Webster v. BeauWashington Supreme Court · 1914
  4. Sinclair Refining Co. v. Hamilton & DotsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1935
  5. Carolina Portland Cement Co. v. Columbia Improvement Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1908

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