RCH Corp. v. Southland Inv. Corp., 45676
Decision Date | 13 November 1970 |
Docket Number | No. 45676,No. 3,45676,3 |
Citation | 122 Ga.App. 815,178 S.E.2d 766 |
Parties | RCH CORPORATION v. SOUTHLAND INVESTMENT CORPORATION |
Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Sam G. Dettelbach, Atlanta, for appellant.
Orr & Joyner, John C. Joyner, W. Fred Orr, II, Decatur, for appellee.
Syllabus Opinion by the Court
This case is a dispossessory warrant proceeding filed in statutory form by the plaintiff (appellee) to oust the defendant (appellant). There had been a 6 year lease between the plaintiff as landlord and the defendant as tenant for the operation of a 'teen dance club' on the premises. This lease contained the following special stipulation:
The defendant moved for summary judgment on the grounds that: (1) the above stipulation is vague and unenforceable and is so uncertain that it can not be a basis for a dispossessory action; (2) the plaintiff is proceeding against him as a tenant at sufference and not as a tenant at will in which latter case he is entitled to notice which has not been given to him; (3) all rents have been paid and accepted by the landlord; and (4) no formal demand has been made for the possession of the premises as required by Code § 61-301. The lower court denied the motion for summary judgment, and the appeal is from that judgment with a certification by the judge authorizing an immediate appeal. Held:
1. Where a lessee has breached a lease, the lessor is authorized to rescind the lease and summarily dispossess the lessee as a tenant holding over under Code §§ 61-301, 61-302. Sinclair Refining Co. v. Davis, 47 Ga.App. 601, 171 S.E. 150; Sinclair Refining Co. v. Giddeons, 54 Ga.App. 69(1), 187 S.E. 201.
2. A demand for possession is not necessary where it would be futile to make it and same would be refused. Moore v. Collins, 36 Ga.App. 701, 702, 138 S.E. 81; Darling Stores Corp. v. William Beatus, Inc., 68 Ga.App. 869, 872, 24 S.E.2d 805; Craig v. Day, 92 Ga.App. 339, 340, 88 S.E.2d 451. Thus, such notice to vacate would be moot where...
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