Legal Opinion
Birdsey v. Greene
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 3, 1933No. 9021PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAtkinson, J.
The case of White v. Montgomery, 58 Ga. 204, was one in which a tenant sued his landlord for damages on account of injury to goods in his store, caused by overflow from a water-closet in a boarding-house conducted by another tenant of the same landlord in the upper story of the building. The evidence was conflicting as to what caused the overflow, whether it was from improper construction and repair or from improper and negligent use of the closet by the upper tenant and guests of the hotel-. It was held by this court: “1. It is the duty of the landlord, when he rents a tenement to a tenant…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Central of Georgia Railway Co. v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1898
- Stack v. HarrisSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Ross v. JacksonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
- J. B. White & Co. v. MontgomerySupreme Court of Georgia · 1877
- Ocean Steamship Co. v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
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3Cited by12 opinions
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- Spence v. Citizens & Southern National BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1990
- Ragland v. RookerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
- Howell Gas of Athens, Inc. v. CoileCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1965
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