WADDELL v. WOFFORD OIL COMPANY

33624.

84 Ga. App. 617 (1951)

66 S.E.2d 806

WADDELL v. WOFFORD OIL COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 12, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George T. Manley, Thomas B. Branch Jr., for plaintiff.

T. J. Long, for defendant.


WORRILL, J.

1. "A landlord is not liable for injuries to his tenant arising from a patent defect in the premises, existing at the time of the lease, and of which the tenant knew or had means of knowing, equal to those of the landlord" (McGee v. Hardacre, 27 Ga.App. 106 (1), 107 S. E. 563; Godard v. Peavy, 32 Ga.App. 121 (1), 122 S. E. 634); and "In the absence of an express agreement to do so, a landlord is under no duty to repair a patent...

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