Gresham v. Atlanta Gas Light Co.

Pope, Judge.

This premises liability action was brought by the parents and on behalf of their minor son Marc Gresham, who were the tenants of a mobile home owned by defendant Martha Ann Bailey. They sought damages for injuries Marc received when he tripped over the threshold of the back door, fell off the stairs and landed on a capped vertical pipe installed and maintained by defendant Atlanta Gas Light Company. The pipe protruded ten inches out of the ground and was located within eighteen inches from the side of the mobile home and two feet to the side of the stairs. Plaintiffs contended…