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title: O.C.G.A. § 44-7-15. Effect of destruction of tenement on obligation to pay rent.
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# O.C.G.A. § 44-7-15. Effect of destruction of tenement on obligation to pay rent.

The destruction of a tenement by fire or the loss of possession by any casualty not caused by the landlord or from a defect of his title shall not abate the rent contracted to be paid.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2274; Code 1868, § 2267; Code 1873, § 2293; Code 1882, § 2293; Civil Code 1895, § 3135; Civil Code 1910, § 3711; Code 1933, § 61-113.