WT Grant Company v. Phillips

Eberhardt, Judge.

In Holloman v. Henry Grady Hotel Co., 42 Ga. App. 347 (156 SE 275) it was held that no cause of action arose from slipping and falling on marble steps which presented a slick, smooth polished surface on which to step. We can see no difference in marble and terrazzo tile as a material for steps. There is nothing in the texture of either to render them inherently dangerous, and both are in common use as building materials. As was pointed out in that case “there is no suggestion in the petition in this case that any foreign substance was deposited upon the steps to render them…