Lafkowitz v. Martin Theatres of Columbus, Inc.

Eberhardt, Judge.

The owner of a motion picture theatre owes ordinary care to one who purchases a ticket and enters for the purpose of witnessing a show. United Theatre Enterprises v. Carpenter, 68 Ga. App. 438 (23 SE2d 189). We have found no instance when the factual situation here presented has been passed upon by the appellate courts of this State. It has been held to be a jury question as to whether permitting a platform weighing scale in the lobby, over which a patron tripped and fell, was negligence (Atlanta Enterprises v. Douglass, 93 Ga. App. 237 (91 SE2d 296)), though the presence of…