Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Law Commons

Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®

Property Law and Real Estate

PDF

Mercer University School of Law

Journal

1980

Articles 1 - 2 of 2

Full-Text Articles in Law

Country Club Apartments V. Scott: Exculpatory Clauses In Leases Declared Void, Mitchell O. Moore Dec 1980

Country Club Apartments V. Scott: Exculpatory Clauses In Leases Declared Void, Mitchell O. Moore

Mercer Law Review

In Country Club Apartments, Inc. v. Scott, the Georgia Supreme Court held that exculpatory provisions in leases are void as against public policy. The Georgia Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals upholding the denial of the defendant's motion for judgment on the pleadings


Real Property, George A. Pindar Dec 1980

Real Property, George A. Pindar

Mercer Law Review

One who reads the judicial output of Georgia's appellate courts for the past decade can certainly be impressed with the high quality of the writing often found in these pages. We can understand why much of it goes unnoticed on the national scene, since other courts and law teachers are programmed by long tradition to look largely to the Northeastern States for legal scholarship. But we now find a stirring trend toward more progressive thinking and impatience with outworn platitudes in both appellate courts, as illustrated in some of the rulings discussed below.