Orme v. City of Richmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of Richmond city, rendered 23d February, 1881, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein Jacob R. Orme and Nannie E., his wife, are plaintiffs, and the city of Richmond is defendant. The object of the action was to recover damages for an injury received by female plaintiff before her marriage, by reason of the alleged negligence of the city’s agents in lowering the grade of its streets.
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Error to judgment of circuit court of Richmond city, rendered 23d February, 1881, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein Jacob R. Orme and Nannie E., his wife, are plaintiffs, and the city of Richmond is defendant. The object of the action was to recover damages for an injury received by female plaintiff before her marriage, by reason of the alleged negligence of the city’s agents in lowering the grade of its streets. The defendant demurred to the declaration and the court below sustained the demurrer and gave judgment for the defendant. To which judgment the plaintiffs obtained a writ…
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
This case is brought up upon a demurrer to the plaintiff’s declaration, and raises the question as to the civil liability of municipal corporations for injuries to private persons caused by the negligence of the said corporations, or their agents, in grading and altering its streets and highways.
The facts of the case are set forth in the declaration, for that whereas the said defendant, on and before the 23d day of June, 1878, was a municipal corporation chartered by the legislature of Virginia, clothed with the powers incident to its charter as a city, and subject to all the duties and…
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