City of Richmond v. Poore
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmonel in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the jdaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
The gravamen of the declaration filed in this case by the father and next friend of Harry L. Poore, an infant between twelve and thirteen years of age, is that, by reason of the negligence of the city of Richmond in failing “to use due and proper care and caution to place and erect sufficient barriers around or on the sides” of “the deep and narrow ditch or excavation which had been dug across the sidewalk on the north side of Grace street, between Seventh and Eighth streets, for the purpose of placing a sewer therein,” and “to place a sufficient number of lights at night near the said ditch…
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