Williams v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Action for damages; from Bibb superior court — Judge Kent presiding. July 26, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
1. While it is the general rule that, in the absence of an agreement so to do, a landlord is not bound to repair a patent defect in a building, the existence of which was known to the tenant at the time the rent contract was entered into (Aikin v. Perry, 119 Ga. 263(3) (46 S. E. 93); Driver v. Maxwell, 56 Ga. 11(2) ; White v. Montgomery, 58 Ga. 204(1) ), this principle of waiver did not have application where the defect arose during the term of the tenancy, which, according to the contention of the landlord, expired and was renewed at the end of each week, where it also appeared that the…
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