Legal Opinion
Oastler v. Wright
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 11, 1946No. 15581PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Candler, Justice.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The sole question for determination here is whether the attempted cancellation of the lease contract by the successors in title to the original lessor because of defaults in the weekly rent payments, occurring during the period of ownership by the original lessor, was effectual. This can be determined by considering the right of the original lessor to terminate the lease contract at the time of its transfer of the reversion.
Stipulations for forfeitures in leases are not favored by the courts. 32 Am. Jur., § 848; Hicks v. Beacham, 131 Ga.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hicks v. BeachamSupreme Court of Georgia · 1908
- Guptill v. Macon Stone Supply Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1913
- Jordan v. RhodesSupreme Court of Georgia · 1858
- Mahoney v. McKenzieCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1921
- McCranie v. RigsbySupreme Court of Georgia · 1931
3Cited by15 opinions
- Farm Supply Co. of Albany, Inc. v. CookCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
- Chalkley v. WardCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
- Fritts v. Cloud Oak Flooring CompanyMissouri Court of Appeals · 1972
- Peachtree on Peachtree Investors, Ltd. v. Reed Drug Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Gay v. American Oil CompanyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1967
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