Legal Opinion

City of Danville v. Sallie

Court of Appeals of Virginia

Decided February 25, 1926PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.

*351This is an action for damages arising out of an accident suffered on a street in Danville.

The terms plaintiff and defendant will be used as they were in the trial court. Plaintiff on April 1, 1922, went to live with a Mrs. Sykes on Claiborne street in that city. On the night of October 31, 1922, in company with her she set out to visit a cousin and, as she puts it, went “across Harrison street and up Claiborne, past two houses there and along in front of Mrs. Weadon’s where the water meter is we met a crowd of people” — hallowe’en revelers. To avoid them she and her companion turned to the…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. City Council v. TharpeSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
  2. Carlin v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1914
  3. City of Richmond v. RoseSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
  4. Wilkins v. Village of RutlandSupreme Court of Vermont · 1889
  5. City of Richmond v. LambertSupreme Court of Virginia · 1910

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. City of Radford v. CalhounSupreme Court of Virginia · 1935
  2. Kimmitt v. HortonArlington County Circuit Court · 1990

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