Sawyer v. City of Norfolk
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Norfolk, in a proceeding by motion for a judgment for damages. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, J.
The plaintiff in error, C. J. Sawyer, sued the city of Norfolk and a copartnership trading as Puritan Restaurant. The city of Norfolk demurred to the notice and filed a plea in bar of the action. The questions thereby raised were determined in favor of the city and it was dismissed as a defendant. Thereupon the case was submitted upon the merits to the judge of the trial court, who after hearing the evidence entered a judgment in favor of the defendants, the Puritan Restaurant.
[1] The plaintiff in substance alleged that while walking along Granby street in the city of Norfolk, a screen *68door…
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