Pope v. Garrard
Supreme Court of Georgia
Landlord and tenant. Before Judge Worrill. Muscogee Superior Court. November Term, 1868. This was complaint on the following note, begun 15th August, 1867. “ §137 50. Columbus, Ga., December 22d, 1866. On or before the first day of July, 1867, I promise to pay W. U. Garrard, executor, the sum of one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents, for store rent. Henky C. Pope.” Plaintiff introduced the note and closed.
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Landlord and tenant. Before Judge Worrill. Muscogee Superior Court. November Term, 1868. This was complaint on the following note, begun 15th August, 1867. “ §137 50. Columbus, Ga., December 22d, 1866. On or before the first day of July, 1867, I promise to pay W. U. Garrard, executor, the sum of one hundred and thirty-seven dollars and fifty cents, for store rent. Henky C. Pope.” Plaintiff introduced the note and closed. Pope testified to these facts: He rented from the payee a room for a drug store, in the “ St. Mary Building,” which had other rooms and apartments. The store-room contained…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, C. J.
1. In this case Mr. Pope rented from Garrard, as executor, a room in a building in the city of Columbus, with the counters and drawers in it, for one year, for a drug store, and gave three notes for the rent, the first note for the first half of the rent, and the other two, each for a quarter’s rent. Just before the expiration of the second quarter, the building, including the room so rented, was destroyed by fire, and the question is, was Pope liable to pay the two last quarters’ rent? We think the rule which fixes his liability is well settled in this State by section 2267 of the Revised…
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