EFFICIENCY LODGE, INC. v. NEASON et al., 363 Ga. App. 19

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HOLDINGS: [1]-The trial court did not err by holding that, under the terms of the contract, the extended-stay motel was required to initiate dispossessory proceedings to evict the residents because the facts were not consistent with the idea that the motel treated the residents as the transient guests of a hotel, as the residents had lived there from nearly a year to five years and treated the motel as their permanent residences. Because the residents used their rooms at the motel as the permanent dwelling places with the motel's consent, the motel's attempt to use the rental agreement to waive its duty to go through the formal dispossessory process violated O.C.G.A. § 44-7-2 (b) (4); [2]-The motel was not an innkeeper under O.C.G.A. § 43-21-3.2 and therefore could not avail itself of that statute.