JENKINS v. SOUTHWIRE CO.

40883.

111 Ga. App. 29 (1965)

140 S.E.2d 514

JENKINS v. SOUTHWIRE COMPANY.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanders, Mottola & Haugen, Willis Ga. Haugen, Gilbert & Head, Henry Head, for plaintiff in error.

Oscar W. Roberts, Jr., Reuben Word, contra.


PANNELL, Judge.

The providing of the private walkway by the defendant in the present case, for the use of its invitees, such as the plaintiff, which walkway was in part about 5 feet above a loading ramp, was the equivalent of providing a walkway with an excavation immediately adjacent thereto. It is the duty of a landowner not to maintain on his premises an excavation in dangerous proximity to a private walkway used by...

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