Edwards v. Blackshear

Under the provisions of section 5385 of the Civil Code (1910), in order to maintain a proceeding to evict a person in possession of lands, the relation of landlord and tenant must exist between the parties. Henry v. Perry, 110 Ga. 630 (36 S. E. 87); Watson v. Toliver, 103 Ga. 123 (29 S. E. 614); Story v. Epps, 105 Ga. 504 (31 S. E. 109); Mackenzie v. Minis, 132 Ga. 323 (63 S. E. 900, 23 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1003, 16 Ann. Cas. 723). Where one is in possession of lands under a bond for title and surrenders the bond for title, but remains in possession of the lands, and thereafter the lands are sold…