Ficken v. Southern Cotton Oil Co.
Court of Appeals of Georgia
1Opinion of the CourtStephens, J.
1. No legal duty rests upon a person to exercise any degree of care or diligence to protect another against the hazards'of a perilous situation brought about through no fault of the former. Allen v. Hixson, 111 Ga. 460 (36 S. E. 819); DeVane v. Atlanta &c. Railroad Co., 4 Ga. App. 136 (60 S. E. 1079).
2. Where one who, while sitting on a seat attached to ropes suspended from a structure, viz. a water-tank, which he is painting, faints and becomes unconscious, and his body becomes entangled in the ropes and he is suspended in the air high from the ground and in imminent danger of falling, his…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Allen v. HixsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Devane v. Atlanta, Birmingham & Atlantic RailroadCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1908
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