Brown v. Hemperley

Jordan, Presiding Judge.

Brown, the defendant in eviction proceedings commenced in a justice of the peace court on October 9, 1970, appealed to this court from an order of September 17, 1971, dismissing his appeal then pending in Clayton Superior Court. It is undisputed that his claim to the premises is based solely on a written lease which, considered in its most favorable aspects to the defendant, expired at the very latest on April 30, 1971, *829while the litigation was pending in Clayton Superior Court, and it further appears that his right to continued occupancy of the premises, as thereafter…