City of Richmond v. Gay's Administratrix
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment rendered by the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, in an action of trespass on the case,, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in eror was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This action was instituted against the city of Richmond by the personal representative of Mrs. Fetnah D. Gay, deceased, to* recover damages for the asphyxiation and death therefrom of the plaintiff’s intestate, caused by the alleged negligence of the-defendant city, in permitting illuminating gas (which it manufactured and furnished to its residents for gain) to escape from its gas mains into the room in„ which Mrs. Gay was sleeping.Upon the trial of the cause there was a verdict and judgment-for the plaintiff, and to that judgment this writ of error was* awarded.
*322The first error assigned is…
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