Maloof v. Blackmon

Custer, Judge.

1. It was stated in Holloman v. Henry Grady Hotel Co., 42 Ga. App. 347, 348 (156 SE 275) that this court may take judicial notice of the fact that marble is a proper material from which to construct a stairway, and that, even when polished, it is not naturally slick and dangerous. To an even greater extent would this observation apply to stairs constructed of brick. Where, as here, the petition alleges that the night was wet and rainy and the plaintiff was injured while stepping on the bottom tread of outside porch stairs constructed of brick, the further charge that the steps…