Belvin v. City of Richmond
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of hustings court of city of Richmond, rendered December 1st, 1887, in an action of trespass on the case wherein Oharles E. Belvin was plaintiff, and the city of Richmond was defendant. The court having given an instruction to the jury, they brought in their verdict for the defendant, and the court rendered judgment accordingly. To which ruling the plaintiff excepted, and brought the case here upon a writ of error. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtLacy, J.
The case is as follows: Judge Atkins, the judge of the hustings court of the city of Richmond, who was holding his court in the building used for that purpose, found himself and his *575court so annoyed by tbe noise of passing vehicles along Capitol street, on which the said building was located, that he caused ropes to be stretched across this street during the hours when his court was sitting, each day of sitting. The ropes were such as are commonly used to obstruct streets when for any cause travel is to be suspended on a street—orders obtained from the city engineer for the purpose. These…
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