Brown v. Carlisle

Birdsong, Presiding Judge.

Thomas J. Brown, Jr. and Elizabeth D. Brown appeal the grant of directed verdict at the trial of their suit against Leonard Carlisle d/b/a Carlisle Construction, Inc. and Carlisle Construction, for injuries sustained by Brown while defendants were building their house. The evidence, viewed in favor of respondent Brown on defendants’ motion for directed verdict, shows that Brown went to the premises to install wiring, at night after Carlisle’s workmen had left the site. He opened a door that was intended to lead to a back porch, but there was no porch and he fell…