Manchester v. Ericsson
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Miller
Ericsson recovered a judgment against the city of Manchester, Virginia, for- injuries received by a fall from a public way, of which the city had been negligent, in regard to protecting the sides of a high embankment. The laws of the State authorize a recovery in such a case.
The chief controversy on the trial was whether the city or a bridge company was responsible for the condition of the street in such a manner as to incur liability for negligence in the care of it. That part of it where the accident occurred constituted also the approach to a bridge across the James River, between…
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