Bullard v. Rolader
Supreme Court of Georgia
Certiorari; from Court of Appeals. 26 Ga. App. 742. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bolader each brought suit against B. M. Bullard and J. B-. Bennett, in the city court of Atlanta, to 're cover damages for injuries sustained by Mrs. Bolader in consequence of the'falling of an elevator operated in a hotel of which the defendants were lessees. The original suit was against the owner and lessees jointly, but the case ivas nonsuited as to the owner.
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Certiorari; from Court of Appeals. 26 Ga. App. 742. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Bolader each brought suit against B. M. Bullard and J. B-. Bennett, in the city court of Atlanta, to 're cover damages for injuries sustained by Mrs. Bolader in consequence of the'falling of an elevator operated in a hotel of which the defendants were lessees. The original suit was against the owner and lessees jointly, but the case ivas nonsuited as to the owner. A verdict was returned for the plaintiffs, and a motion for new trial was made by the defendants; this being overruled, they excepted, and by writ of error…
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, P. J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.)
1. After consideration of the decision made by the Court of Appeals, we are of the opinion that the rulings there made in passing upon the questions presented by the motion for new trial were sound. In the first division of the opinion of the Court of Appeals it was ruled that ££ The lessee of a building in which he conducts a hotel and operates an elevator for the transportation of his guests to and from different floors of the building is required, in the operation of the elevator for this purpose, to exercise extraordinary diligence for the safety of the…
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