Houser v. Walter Ballard Optical Co.
Decision Date | 25 October 1963 |
Docket Number | No. 40344,No. 3,40344,3 |
Parties | Sarah T. HOUSER v. WALTER BALLARD OPTICAL COMPANY et al |
Court | Georgia Court of Appeals |
Mrs. Sarah Turner Houser brought an action against Walter Ballard Optical Company, a tenant of, and Medical Building Company, Inc., the owner of, a building, for damages for alleged injuries received in a fall. The material portions of the petition contain the following allegations: ...
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Emory University v. Williams
...as customers has a duty to them to provide a safe premises. . . .' Such contention 2 was rejected in Houser v. Walter Ballard & etc. Co., 108 Ga.App. 559, 561, 133 S.E.2d 924 where an optical company was granted a summary judgment where plaintiff fell because of a nine-inch step-down at the......
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Lamberson v. Norris, 50742
...... where the fall occurred because of unevenness in concrete walkway; Houser v. Walter Ballard Optical Co., 108 Ga.App. 559, 133 S.E.2d 924 where there ......
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Herschel McDaniel Funeral Home, Inc. v. Hines
...626(1), 109 S.E.2d 633, and citations; Korn v. Tamiami Trail Tours, 108 Ga.App. 510, 515, 133 S.E.2d 616; Houser v. Walter Ballard Optical Co., 108 Ga.App. 559, 133 S.E.2d 924. Judge Jenkins asserted in his dissent in 47 Ga.App. 595, 170 S.E. 830, supra, "The mere fact that there is a sligh......
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Martin v. Bank South, 69961
...of 86." Emory Univ. v. Williams, 127 Ga.App. 881, 886, 195 S.E.2d 464 (1973). The cited case, along with Houser v. Walter Ballard, etc., Co., 108 Ga.App. 559, 133 S.E.2d 924 (1963), recognizes the tendency of downward diminishing decline toward decadence (and finally deterioration, destruct......