Richmond Traction Co. v. Clarke
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, rendered July 8, 1902, in an action of trespass on the case wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This action was brought by the defendant in error to recover damages for injuries caused by the alleged negligence of the Richmond Traction Company, a corporation operating an electric street railway in the city of Richmond.
It appears that the defendant company operates a double track street-ear line on Broad street in that city; that at the point where the plaintiff ivas injured the street is aboiit forty-three and one-half feet wide between the curbing'; that from the northern curb to the nearest rail of the street-car track is *384nearly fourteen feet; and that the grade is heavy, being about…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Kimball & Fink v. Friend's Adm' rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
- Cooke v. Baltimore Traction Co.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1895
- Newark Passenger Railway Co. v. BlockSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1893
- Shea v. St. Paul City Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1892
- Southern Railway Co. v. Bryant's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1897
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- Grossetti v. SweaseyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1917
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