Bowers v. Lide

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Baker.

Action commenced in the Court of magistrate by respondent (landlord) to dispossess appellant (tenant) of certain premises known as “Parr Stables” in Newberry, South Carolina, under Section 8813, Code of 1932, the pertinent portion of this section reading: “Tenants Holding Over or Failing to Pay Rent. — In all cases where tenants hold over after the expiration of their lease or contract for rent, whether the same be in writing or by parol, or shall fail to pay the rent when the same shall become due, the landlord is hereby authorized…