City Gas Co. v. Webb
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Chancery Court of the city of Norfolk in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendant assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought by Lewis W. Webb to recover of the City Gas Company of Norfolk damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of the negligence of the defendant company. The trial resulted in a verdict and judgment for $900 in favor of the plaintiff, which we are asked to review and reverse.
Treating the case as on a demurrer to the evidence, the following salient facts are established: That on account of a leak in a pipe of the gas company which ran through the manhole of a sewer located ■ at a street corner in a suburb of the city of…
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