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JACOBSON v. KIRN

64 S.E.2d 755 (1951)

192 Va. 352

JACOBSON v. KIRN et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 7, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Martin & Son, Norfolk, A. A. Bangel, Portsmouth, for plaintiff in error.

Williams, Cocke & Tunstall, William G. Maupin and William L. Parker, all of Norfolk, for defendants in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, and SMITH, JJ.

SPRATLEY, Justice.

This proceeding by notice of motion for judgment was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Jake Jacobson, on account of the alleged negligence of the defendants in error, in failing to have the door of the elevator shaft in their building closed, by reason of which he fell into the pit of the shaft in attempting to take passage in the elevator to carry him to an upper floor of the building.

Defendants pleaded the...

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