Dunnington v. Thomas E. Jarrell Co.

I agree with the majority that the trial court’s findings were erroneous and that the tenant was entitled to a thirty-day notice. I agree also that a landlord has the right to enter his tenant’s premises in order to inspect for waste and to make the necessary repairs to prevent waste. But I do not believe that the Rent Act should be used as the basis for these rights. The Act itself provides for the assertion of such basic property rights as substantially altering and remodeling, and of selling. But nowhere does it give to a landlord the right to make repairs. Further, though the Act has been…