Legal Opinion

Rice & Hutchins Atlanta Co. v. Griffin

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided October 2, 1920No. Nos. 1802, 1803Published

Injunction. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. November 13, 1919. The plaintiffs occupied under lease the second floor of a building, the entrance to which floor was by stairway from the sidewalk. In the several rooms on this floor they conducted extensively the practice of dentistry.

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Injunction. Before Judge Pendleton. Fulton superior court. November 13, 1919. The plaintiffs occupied under lease the second floor of a building, the entrance to which floor was by stairway from the sidewalk. In the several rooms on this floor they conducted extensively the practice of dentistry. In the lease it was stipulated that “ lessee shall have the right to place signs on windows, walls, and stairway, and to have a dental ease at the northern entrance to stairway on ground entrance.” The defendants succeeded to the rights 'of the lessor, and commenced the work of remodeling the front…

1Per curiam

The rulings on the admissibility of evidence show no cause for reversal. On conflicting' evidence the judge did not err in his judgment granting in part, and refusing in part, the temporary injunction as prayed.

Judgment affirmed on both the main and the cross-bill of exceptions.

All the Justices concur. Mayson & Johnson, for plaintiffs in error in main bill of exceptions,

cited, on width of entrance: Turner v. Thompson, 58 Ga. 268 (24 Am. R. 497), s. c. 69 Ga. 219; Jemo v. Tourist Hotel Co., 55 Wash. 595; Lindbloom v. Berkman, 43 Wash. 356 (86 Pac. 567); Kitchen Hotel Co. v. Philbin, 2 Neb.…

2Cases cited38 opinions

  1. Flanagan v. WelchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
  2. Cronkhite v. . CronkhiteNew York Court of Appeals · 1884
  3. Crosdale v. . LaniganNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
  4. Johnson v. SkillmanSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1882
  5. Curtiss v. . AyraultNew York Court of Appeals · 1871

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