Legal Opinion

Luedtke v. Phillips

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 21, 1949No. Record 3529PublishedCited by 16 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.

The plaintiff below, Mrs. Luedtke, plaintiff in error here, recovered a verdict against the defendant, Phillips, for injuries sustained when a wall cabinet full of dishes fell and struck her in the kitchen of an apartment rented by her from Phillips. The court set aside this verdict and entered judgment for the defendant. This is the error assigned.

The apartment was one of several in a building in Newport News owned by Phillips. Mrs. Luedtke had been a tenant there for some time, first in Apartment 4. In September, 1944, she rented and moved into Apartment 8, under a written lease, by the…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Marks v. Nambil Realty Co., Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1927
  2. Bartlett v. TaylorSupreme Court of Missouri · 1943
  3. Yarbrough v. BooherTexas Supreme Court · 1943
  4. Caudill v. Gibson Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1946
  5. Tugman v. Riverside & Dan River Cotton MillsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926

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3Cited by16 opinions

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  3. Oliver v. CashinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1951
  4. Holland v. ShivelySupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
  5. Oliver v. CashinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1951

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