Legal Opinion
Lemaster v. Millers
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided February 12, 1925No. 15611PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
1. One.who maintains a mercantile establishment for the purpose of selling goods owes a duty to a customer, lawfully in his store by his implied invitation for the purpose of transacting business, to protect the customer against the use of any unprovoked and unjustifiable opprobrious and insulting and abusive words by a clerk employed by him to deal with customers, tending to humiliate, mortify, and wound the feelings of the customer. Moone v. Smith, 6 Ga. App. 649 (65 S. E. 712); Cole v. Atlanta & West Point R. Co., 102 Ga. 474 (31 S. E. 107).
2. A petition as amended which alleges that the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Moone v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1909
- Cole v. Atlanta & West Point RailroadSupreme Court of Georgia · 1897
3Cited by25 opinions
- Southern Grocery Stores Inc. v. KeysCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1944
- Gomez v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1934
- Greenfield v. Colonial Stores, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1964
- Colonial Stores Incorporated v. CokerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1946
- Sims v. Miller's Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1935
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