Shenandoah Valley Loan & Trust Co. v. Murray
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Fairfax county, in an action of trespass on, the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtSims, J.
This is an action by defendant in error for personal injury caused by the sagging of a telephone wire extending from a pole on land belonging to plaintiff in error, beyond the boundary line of such land, across a public road. The *566former was plaintiff and the latter defendant in the court below, and they will be hereinafter referred to as plaintiff and defendant.
There was a demurrer to the declaration, upon seven grounds of demurrer. The demurrer was overruled by the trial court. This action of such court is made the basis of the first assignment of error.
Thereupon there was a trial by jury…
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