Echols v. Patterson

1. A landlord is not liable for personal injuries to a person lawfully on the premises, as one coming thereon to do business with the tenant, arising from a defect in the premises of which the landlord had no knowledge and which he had not been notified to repair. Code, § 61-112; Stack v. Harris, 111 Ga. 149 (36 S. E. 615); Ocean Steamship Co. v. Hamilton, 112 Ga. 901 (38 S. E. 204); Dobbs v. Noble, 55 Ga. App. 201, 203 (189 S. E. 694).(a) While in the Hamilton case, supra, it was said that in Guthman v. Castleberry, 48 Ga. 172, s. c. 49 Ga. 272, it was held that “before a landlord was under…