Byrd v. Piha

A tenant instituted an action to enjoin his landlord from declaring forfeiture of the lease and taking possession .of the property. On exception to an order granting a temporary injunction the judgment of the trial court was reversed. Byrd v. Piha, 165 Ga. 397 (141 S. E. 48). Subsequently an amendment to the defendant’s original answer set up a money demand for double rent. On the trial all questions were eliminated except the defendant’s right to double rent. On this question the judge directed a verdict against the allowance of double rent. The defendant excepted. In the circumstances the…