City of Richmond v. Smith
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, rendered December 2, 1901, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiffs in error were the defendants.
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Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, rendered December 2, 1901, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiffs in error were the defendants. This action was brought by the defendant in error against the city of Richmond and the Richmond Carnival Association to recover damages for an injury inflicted on him by the falling of a structure erected by the Carnival Association in one of -the principal streets of the city of Richmond. The facts in connection with the injury are thus stated in the petition…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
The record shows that, in the year 1900, the Richmond Carnival Association obtained a charter of incorporation from the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond authorizing it to create, maintain, and conduct in the city of Richmond, and county of Henrico, such exhibitions and displays of the manufactures, resources and industrial enterprises of the city of Richmond, or such other cities, counties, and States, as may tend to advance the welfare of such cities, counties, or States so exhibiting, by affording a temporary or permanent collection and exposition of the various industries, resources,…
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