Georgia Court of Appeals, 1934

Frierson v. Mutual Realty Co.

Frierson v. Mutual Realty Co.
Georgia Court of Appeals · Decided March 29, 1934 · Beoyles
48 Ga. App. 839; 174 S.E. 144; 1934 Ga. App. LEXIS 216

Frierson v. Mutual Realty Co.

Opinion of the Court

Beoyles, C. J.

Under the allegations of the petition, construed most strongly against the plaintiff, she was not exercising ordinary care when she approached the defendant’s apartment house and opened a door therein and simultaneously stepped into a dark and unUghted basement (an unlighted stairway leading from the door down to the floor of the basement), and was precipitated to the basement floor. The averment in the petition that she was exercising ordinary care was not supported by the facts set forth therein. The court properly dismissed the case on general demurrer. See Hendriks v. Jones, 28 Ga. App. 335 (111 S. E. 81), and cit.

Judgment affirmed.

MacIntyre and Guerry, JJ., concur.

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