City of Richmond v. Leaker
Supreme Court of Virginia
'Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, rendered July 3, 1899, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. This was an action of trespass on the case, brought to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by the defendant in error, while walking along the streets of the city of Richmond.
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'Error to a judgment of the Law and Equity Court of the city of Richmond, rendered July 3, 1899, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiff in error was the defendant. This was an action of trespass on the case, brought to recover damages for a personal injury sustained by the defendant in error, while walking along the streets of the city of Richmond. There was a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, in’ the court below, for the sum of $1,000. ‘ The accident occurred on the night of January 6, 1899. The plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff, in consequence of the negligence of the defendant in unlawfully permitting the sidewalk of one of its streets to be obstructed.
The first error assigned is the action of the court in accepting as sufficient the statement filed by the plaintiff, in response to the demand of the defendant, as a bill of particulars of his claim; the contention being that the statement filed is but a reiteration of the allegations of the declaration, and not such an itemized account of the claim as is…
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