Smith v. Eubanks & Hill
Supreme Court of Georgia
Eubanks & Hill brought suit against David Smith and his wife, Jennie Smith. The body of the declaration was as follows: “On the first day of July, 1879, plaintiffs leased from defendants for one year next ensuing the following property (describing it); and the rental to be paid for said property was two hundred and forty dollars, payable monthly.
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Eubanks & Hill brought suit against David Smith and his wife, Jennie Smith. The body of the declaration was as follows: “On the first day of July, 1879, plaintiffs leased from defendants for one year next ensuing the following property (describing it); and the rental to be paid for said property was two hundred and forty dollars, payable monthly. Defendants undertook and agneed to immediately put said premises in good, tenantable condition, to furnish a good business house for a grocery store, a separate room for a barroom, a separate room for a bed-room, a good house for wagoners, good…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The defendants in error sued the, plaintiffs in error for damages flowing out of a contract for lease of certain premises, in not fixing the same in a tenantable condition for the purposes for which they were leased under the contract, and in ejecting the defendants in error therefrom wrongfully, before the lease expired. The trial resulted in a verdict for a thousand dollars, and plaintiffs in error, defendants below, excepted to the refusal of a new trial on the several grounds stated in the motion, and assign error here on the refusal of that motion on those grounds.
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