145 Ga. 265 | Ga. | 1916
(After stating the foregoing facts.) 'It is the duty of a landlord to keep the rented premises in repair. Civil Code (1910), § 3699. It is also his duty, when he rents at full price,
But it is insisted that the averment that the defendant reserved and retained the front end room upstairs, which she by her agent occupied, is insufficient for the reason that it does not show how or for what purpose the defendant occupied the upstairs. If she did occupy it, she was chargeable with notice of its condition, and that it was in an unsafe condition, if it was so relatively to the tenant below. There is nothing to suggest that the tenant knew of the defective condition until the damage occurred, or that by ordinary diligence he could have known of the defective condition of the faucet, so as tó give notice to the landlord. So
Judgment reversed.