Grant v. Allen
Supreme Court of Georgia
Action for damages. Before Judge Bell. Eulton superior court. October 24, 1912. Lucy L. Allen brought suit against Mrs. W. D. Grant, to recover damages for personal injuries, alleging that the defendant was the owner of an office building in the City of Atlanta, several stories high, provided with an elevator for conveying her tenants, their employees and patrons, to and from the various floors.- The plaintiff was employed in one of the offices located on the sixth floor,…
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Action for damages. Before Judge Bell. Eulton superior court. October 24, 1912. Lucy L. Allen brought suit against Mrs. W. D. Grant, to recover damages for personal injuries, alleging that the defendant was the owner of an office building in the City of Atlanta, several stories high, provided with an elevator for conveying her tenants, their employees and patrons, to and from the various floors.- The plaintiff was employed in one of the offices located on the sixth floor, and was injured as she was leaving the office for her home. She described the way in which she was injured as follows:…
1Opinion of the CourtEvans, P. J.
(After stating the facts.) 1. The owner of an office building, equipped with an elevator which is operated for conveying his tenants and their employees and patrons to and from the various floors, is not a common carrier in the sense that he is bound to serve all the public; yet his duty as to protecting passengers in the elevator is the same as that chargeable to carriers of passengers by other means. 6 Cye. 596; 1 Hutchinson on Carriers, § 100. This duty requires him to exercise extraordinary diligence-on behalf of himself and his agents to protect the lives and persons of his passengers.…
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