Roanoke Railway & Electric Co. v. Sterrett

This action was brought by Mary E. Sterrett against the Roanoke Railway and Electric Company to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained by her, in consequence of the negligent failure of the defendant company to maintain one of its street railway bridges in a safe condition. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, the propriety of which is called in question by this writ of error.

In the view we take of the case, it will conduce to clearness and brevity to consider first the assignment of error which involves the action of the circuit court…