Callahan v. City of Virginia

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

Plaintiff recovered a verdict for $2,500 against defendants in an action based upon defendants’ alleged negligence in failing to provide an adequate guardrail at the entry to a stairway leading from the sidewalk to the basement of a building owned by defendant First National Bank of Virginia in defendant city of Virginia.

This is an appeal from a subsequent order granting' defendants judgment notwithstanding the verdict. The questions for determination are (1) whether there was sufficient evidence of negligence to support the jury’s verdict, and (2) whether plaintiff…