Legal Opinion
Buck v. City of Danville
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 9, 1941No. Record No. 2377PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
On September 26, 1939, in the afternoon somewhere between 5:30 and 5:50, Clarence J. Buck fell and was hurt on a Floyd street sidewalk in the city of Danville. Night had not set in but it was dusky. He sought to recover damages from the city and in his motion for judgment charged that it was negligent. A jury gave him a verdict of $500.00. That verdict the court set aside and entered final judgment for the defendant. This, it was charged, was error and is the only error assigned.
The sidewalk on Floyd street is paved with concrete blocks about two feet square and two inches thick, set to form…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City of Roanoke v. SutherlandSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
- City of Richmond v. RoseSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- City of Staunton v. KerrSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
3Cited by5 opinions
- Hill v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- District of Columbia v. WilliamsDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1946
- City of Newport News v. AndersonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1976
- West v. City of PortsmouthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
- Schurman v. American Stores Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1944