Parker v. Munn Sign & Advertising Co.

1. The implied covenant in a lease contract for the quiet enjoyment of the premises by the tenant obligates the landlord to protect the tenant only against the landlord’s own acts, and not against the acts of strangers, which disturb the tenant in his quiet enjoyment and possession of the rented premises. Civil Code (1910)-, § 3711; Adair v. Allen, 18 Ga. App. 636 (89 S. E. 1099), and cases there cited. See also note in 42 L. R. A. (N. S.) 774.

2. In a suit by the tenant against the landlord for an alleged breach by the landlord of the covenant of quiet enjoyment, by reason of destruction of…