Fry v. County of Albemarle
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment, of circuit court of Albemarle county, rendered May 14, 1888, affirming the judgment of the county eourt of said county, affirming the decision of the board of supervisors rejecting the petition of Lucy L. Fry, the plaintiff in error, setting up against, said county a claim for $5,000 for personal injuries resulting to her through the negligence of the county’s servant.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The plaintiff in error here hied her petition before the board of supervisors of Albemarle county on the 25th day of July, 1887, representing that she came to Charlottesville in a buggy drawn by one horse, on the 21st day of April, 1887, from a point in the county of Albemarle, in company with another *196lady, who was riding in the same buggy. In the afternoon, about 4:30 P. M., on their way home, they were driving along one of the public roads of Albemarle county, going cautiously and carefully down a hill, when they came to a point where the public road was being worked on by a chain gang,…
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