City of Richmond v. Lambert
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Richmond in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. One of the defendants assigns error.
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action brought by Lambert against the city of Richmond to recover damages for an injury which was received by him from a fall, due as he contends to the negligence of the city of Richmond in. failing to keep its streets in a reasonably safe condition. The particular ground of complaint stated in the declaration is that there was a step on Williamsburg avenue, one of the streets of the city, between Louisiana and Graham streets, in front of the building known as No. 3822, over which the plaintiff stumbled and fell and received the injury…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Dubois v. . City of KingstonNew York Court of Appeals · 1886
- Parrish v. City of HuntingtonWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1905
- Robert v. . PowellNew York Court of Appeals · 1901
- Wolff v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- City of Richmond v. GentrySupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
3Cited by12 opinions
- Wyatt v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1932
- Hill v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- City of Norfolk v. AnthonySupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
- Davis v. RodgersSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
- Berlin v. WallSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
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