Osborne v. Pulaski Light & Water Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Pulaski county, rendered March 19, 1896, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action of trespass on the case was brought by the plaintiff in error to recover damages for injuries received by her, by falling into a ditch cut by the defendant in error across a sidewalk in the town of Pulaski, while lawfully engaged in laying water pipes.
There was a demurrer to the evidence, and the jury ascertained the damages at $6,000, subject to the opinion of the court *17on the demurrer to the evidence, which was rendered in favor of the defendant in error.
This court has repeatedly held that a traveller on a public street is held to the exercise of ordinary care. He has the right…
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