Shell Petroleum Corp. v. Stallings

1. “When a grantee accepts a deed and enters thereunder, he will be bound by the covenants contained therein, although the deed has not been signed by him.” Code of 1933, § 29-102; Smith v. Kingsley, 178 Ga. 681 (173 S. E. 702). Where a lease for a period of thirty years is duly executed by the lessor with the statutory formalities required for a deed, and the lessee accepts the lease, has it recorded, and *352enters into possession thereunder, the lessee and his assigns will be bound by a covenant therein for the payment of a specified sum as monthly rental, even though the lessee did not sign…