Newport News & Old Point Railway & Electric Co. v. Clark's Administrator
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in an action of trespass on the case in the Circuit Court of Elizabeth City comity. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
*206The circumstances leading up to the accident which terminated in the death of plaintiff in error’s intestate are as follows:
In compliance with the requirement of the municipal authorities, the plaintiff in error had removed its poles inside the curb line of the sidewalk along Mallory street, in the town of Phoebus. Subsequently, on the morning of the accident, while the company’s linemen were engaged in repairing and stringing wires on the poles, by its order, a rope three-fourths of an inch in diameter was stretched across the sidewalk, one end of wlaieh was attached to the blind hinge of a…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Sjogren v. HallMichigan Supreme Court · 1884
- Nolan v. . KingNew York Court of Appeals · 1885
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Berlin v. WallSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Clark v. FehlhaberSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
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