Mitchel v. City of Richmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, in an action of trespass on the case. ~Tudgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
This action was brought by Mrs. Elizabeth B. Mitchel, to recover damages from the city of Richmond, for injuries suffered by her while walking along one' of the streets of the city.
It appears that the plaintiff and a companion, Mrs. Wing-field, started after night, April 28, 1904, to attend a church entertainment, several squares away from their home; that they walked down Grove Avenue until they came to Sycamore Street (one street above where the accident occurred), where they encountered a wet and muddy sidewalk, on which it was, as they considered, unfit for them to walk (Mrs. Wingfield,…
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