Case Name: Balch v. Carling
Court: Supreme Court of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1897-07-27
Citations: 102 Ga. 586
Docket Number: 
Parties: Balch v. Carling.
Judges: All the Justices concurring.
Reporter: Georgia Reports
Volume: 102
Pages: 586–586

Head Matter:
Balch v. Carling.
Argued June 18,
Decided July 27, 1897.
Action for damages. Before Judge Ross. City court of Macon. December term, 1896.
Estes & Jones, for plaintiff.
Dessau, Bartlett & Ellis, for defendant.

Opinion:
Lumpkin, P. J.
This being an action by a tenant against a landlord for personal injuries alleged to have been occasioned by the defendant's failure to keep in proper and safe repair a certain veranda-railing, and the question of the plaintiff's right to recover being dependent upon whether or not he was guilty of negligence in putting the railing to an improper use by sitting upon it, and the evidence for the plaintiff affirmatively showing that he was in this respect negligent, and might by the exercise of . ordinary care have avoided the injuries, there was no error in granting a nonsuit. Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concurring.