Can a tenant defeat a landlords suit by payment?
Yes. A tenant is allowed one dispossessory per year. If tenant pays all rent and filing fees to landlord (or into the Registry) within seven (7) days of the service and it is the only dispossessory that has been filed against that tenant in any twelve month period, the suit shall stand dismissed. O.C.G.A. Section 44-7-54 Payment of rent and utility payments into court; issuance of writ upon failure to pay; disposition of funds. (a) In any case where the issue of the right of possession cannot be finally determined within two weeks from the date of service of the copy of the summons and the copy of the affidavit, the tenant shall be required to pay into the registry of the trial court: (1) All rent and utility payments which are the responsibility of the tenant payable to the landlord under terms of the lease which become due after the issuance of the dispossessory warrant, said rent and utility payments to be paid as such become due. If the landlord and the tenant disagree as to the am
