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Brown v. S. H. Kress Company

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Nov 26, 1941
17 S.E.2d 758 (Ga. Ct. App. 1941)

Opinion

29215.

DECIDED NOVEMBER 26, 1941.

Action for damages; from Fulton superior court — Judge Humphries. May 28, 1941.

Barrett Nall, for plaintiff.

Bryan, Middlebrooks Carter, for defendant.


In the present case, in which suit was brought to recover damages for injuries sustained by the plaintiff when she slipped and fell from stepping on a banana peeling on the defendant's stairway in its store, the evidence failed to show that the presence of the banana peeling was caused by the defendant or its agents or servants, or that it had been on the stairway a sufficient length of time to charge the defendant with constructive notice of its presence. Accordingly, the court did not err in awarding a nonsuit. Castleberry v. Fox, 29 Ga. App. 35 ( 113 S.E. 110); Ellis v. Southern Grocery Stores Inc., 46 Ga. App. 254 (4) ( 167 S.E. 324); Cook v. Kroger Baking Grocery Co., 65 Ga. App. 141 ( 15 S.E.2d 531).

Judgment affirmed. Stephens, P. J., and Felton, J., concur.


Summaries of

Brown v. S. H. Kress Company

Court of Appeals of Georgia
Nov 26, 1941
17 S.E.2d 758 (Ga. Ct. App. 1941)
Case details for

Brown v. S. H. Kress Company

Case Details

Full title:BROWN v. S. H. KRESS COMPANY

Court:Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Nov 26, 1941

Citations

17 S.E.2d 758 (Ga. Ct. App. 1941)
66 Ga. App. 242

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