Browning v. F. E. Fortenberry & Sons, Inc.

Clark, Judge.

This appeal is by a tenant from judgment obtained by his landlord against him in dispossessory proceedings in the State Court of DeKalb County. The adverse judgment included an order for removal from the premises, award of accrued rentals which tenant had paid into the court registry, and dismissal with prejudice of claims for damages made in an answer and counterclaim filed by defendant tenant.

The litigation resulted from a disagreement as to which party had the obligation to maintain and repair an air-conditioning system in the premises rented for a coin-operated laundry under…