City of Radford v. Calhoun

Robert S. Calhoun instituted suit against the city of Radford, a municipal corporation, to recover damages for the personal injuries sustained by him, as well as the damage done to his automobile, which, while driven by himself, collided with a pile of concrete curbing slabs extending into the hard surfaced portion of one of the city’s streets. The parties will be referred to as they appeared before the court below.

The city denied that it was guilty of negligence which proximately caused the accident and claimed that the collision was due to the negligence of the plaintiff himself. The jury…