Cobb v. Bynum

KELLY, Associate Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment entered in consolidated actions brought in Superior Court by the appellee-landlord against appellant-tenant to recover unpaid rent and for possession of property based upon the same unpaid rent. The jury returned a verdict for the landlord in the amount of $1,772, reflective of a 50% abatement in the rent arrearages claimed and possession of the property was conditioned on payment of arrearages and continued payment of rent. The principal issue before this court is whether the trial court erred in refusing to order that the rental fee…