Clark v. Fehlhaber
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Elizabeth City ■county in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
The defendant in error was the plaintiff in the lower court and brought an action against the plaintiff in error to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in falling down a flight of steps leading into a cellar under the dwelling house of the defendant.
There was a demurrer to the declaration, which the court overruled, whereupon the defendant pleaded not guilty, and upon trial of that issue, a jury having been waived, the court assessed the plaintiff’s damages at $750, and rendered judgment accordingly. To that judgment the defendant brings error.
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