City of Portsmouth v. Lee
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Portsmouth in. an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.
Mrs. Margaret Lee, a married woman, brought this action against the city of Portsmouth, and recovered a verdict and judgment for $3,000 as damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by reason of the plaintiff’s stumbling over a hose pipe lying in the street against or close to the curbing, at the intersection of High and Green streets in said city.
The gravamen of the declaration in the case is the alleged *421negligence of the defendant city in placing or permitting to be placed the said hose pipe in the street. It appears that High street runs east and west and is paved with…
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