concluding that language in a lease that purported to waive the landlord's liability for failing to repair the property was void under OCGA § 44-7-2 (b)
Summary of this case from Efficiency Lodge, Inc. v. Neason36293.
ARGUED JUNE 4, 1980.
DECIDED OCTOBER 1, 1980.
Land line dispute. Gordon Superior Court. Before Judge Pope.
Thomas E. Shanahan, for appellants.
Charles Williams, for appellee.
Judgment affirmed without opinion pursuant to Rule 59.
All the Justices concur.
concluding that language in a lease that purported to waive the landlord's liability for failing to repair the property was void under OCGA § 44-7-2 (b)
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Summary of this case from Power v. Toccoa Dreams, LLCconstruing former Ga. Code Ann. § 20-504
Summary of this case from Power v. Toccoa Dreams, LLCapplying this statutory provision to residential leases
Summary of this case from Havenbrook Homes, LLC v. Infinity Real Estate Invs.Full title:TREGLOWN et al. v. WALTERS
Court:Supreme Court of Georgia
Date published: Oct 1, 1980
Id. at 259-260, 719 S.E.2d 442 (citations omitted). One of the examples that the Supreme Court cited for this…
Borg-Warner, Etc. v. Executive Pk. VenturesOCGA § 13-8-2 (b) provides, in relevant part, that, insofar as certain specified contracts are concerned, a…