Bridger v. Gresham
| Decision Date | 06 April 1900 |
| Parties | BRIDGER v. GRESHAM. |
| Court | Georgia Supreme Court |
Syllabus by the Court.
Where the evidence submitted in behalf of the plaintiff was to the effect that he went to the office of the defendant's hotel, at night, to offer berries for sale, and a guest informed him that the proprietor was out, but that his boy, who might buy the berries, was in the dining room or kitchen; that, relying upon his knowledge of the premises, plaintiff undertook to go in search of the boy, and opened and went out of a door leading from the office, which was lighted, onto a back veranda, where there was no light, closing the door as he passed out, and while walking along the veranda in the darkness fell down a stairway, and was injured,-- held that, irrespective of the question as to whether or not the defendant, relatively to the plaintiff, was bound to use ordinary care in keeping his premises safe, the granting of a nonsuit was proper, it being manifest that the plaintiff, by the exercise of ordinary care, could have avoided the injury.
Error from superior court, Habersham county; J. B. Estes, Judge.
Action by J. P. Bridger against C. Gresham. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff brings error. Affirmed.
W. I. Pike, for plaintiff in error.
J. J. Bowden and B. H. Hill, for defendant in error.
Judgment affirmed.
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