Chalkley v. City of Richmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of circuit court of city of Eichmond, rendered February 28th, 1890, in an action of trespass on the case wherein the plaintiff in error, JB. D. Chalkley (general partner of himself and Isaac Davenport, Jr., B. D. Davenport and J. A. Morris, special partners in the style of B. D. Chalkley) is plaintiff, and the city of Eichmond is defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtFauntleroy, J.
*403The pleadings and the proofs presented by the record disclose the following case:
The firm - of B. 1). Ohalkley, manufacturers, importers, and dealers in leather and shoe findings, from the 20th day of August, 1885, to the 20th day of August, 1889, occupied, as their store, the storehouse Uo. 17 south Thirteenth street, situated on the east side of said street, between Main and Cary streets, with a cellar under it and several stories above. Under the sidewalk of the street, in front of the said cellar, about two and a half feet below the surface, and within about six inches of the wall of the…
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