Legal Opinion
Todd v. Armour & Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided January 18, 1932No. 21637PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, P. J.
It seems to be the uniform and universal holding of all the courts that a member of a city fire department enters the premises of another in the exercise of his duty as a licensee, under permission given him by law (45 C. J. 794, § 200), and the decisions of the courts agree that the owner of the premises assumes no duty to the licensee except to refrain from acts of wilful and wanton negligence. See, in this connection, Woodruff v. Bowen, 136 Ind. 431 (34 N. E. 1113, 22 L. R. A. 198) ; Gibson v. Leonard, 143 Ill. 182 (32 N. E. 182, 17 L. R. A. 588, 36 Am. St. R. 376) ; Beehler v. Daniels, 18…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gibson v. LeonardIllinois Supreme Court · 1892
- Woodruff v. BowenIndiana Supreme Court · 1893
- Hamilton v. Minneapolis Desk Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1899
- Lunt v. Post Printing & Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1910
- Beehler v. Daniels, Cornell & Co.Supreme Court of Rhode Island · 1894
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Crosby v. Savannah Electric & Power Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1966
- London Iron & Metal Co. v. AbneySupreme Court of Georgia · 1980
- Baxley v. Williams Construction Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1958
- Shypulski v. Waldorf Paper Products Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1951
- Montega Corp. v. GroomsCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1973
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