City of Charlottesville v. Stratton's Administrator
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county, rendered June 10, 1902, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the intestate of the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
Thomas H. Stratton, the intestate of the defendant in error, recovered judgment against the plaintiff in error, the City of Charlottesville, for personal injuries sustained by him as the result of an accident alleged to have been occasioned by a defective surface drain in the driveway of one of the streets of that city. Stratton died after the recovery of the judgment, and it was revived in the name of his administrator at the instance of the judgment debtor. To that judgment a writ of error was awarded.
It is insisted by the defendant in error that, by the provisions of section 3511 of the…
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