Ross v. Jackson
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. October 1, 1904. A suit for damages was instituted by Mary O. Jackson against Laura B. Johnson, the plaintiff having received personal injuries" while attempting to cross a porch connecting two of the rooms of a house belonging to the defendant and rented by her to a tenant.
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Action for damages. Before Judge Hodges. City court of Macon. October 1, 1904. A suit for damages was instituted by Mary O. Jackson against Laura B. Johnson, the plaintiff having received personal injuries" while attempting to cross a porch connecting two of the rooms of a house belonging to the defendant and rented by her to a tenant. The plaintiff alleged, that she was lawfully upon the' premises at the invitation of the-tenant, and was at the time in the exercise of due care; that the flooring of the porch suddenly gave way, causing her to fall to the ground beneath, and she sustained…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, J.
(After stating the facts.) A landlord is not an insurer, but he is under a legal duty to keep the rented premises in repair, and is liable in damages to a person who receives injury while lawfully upon the premises and who is in the exercise of due care, if the injury arises because of the defective construction of a building erected on the premises by the landlord, or because of his failure to repair defects of which he knows or in the exercise of reasonable diligence ought to know. Civil Code, § 3118; Ocean Steamship Co. v. Hamilton, 112 Ga. 901; Stack v. Harris, 111 Ga. 149. A tenant is…
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