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WEST v. CITY OF PORTSMOUTH

84 S.E.2d 503 (1954)

196 Va. 510

Mary E. WEST v. CITY OF PORTSMOUTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 22, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Parker, Norfolk, for plaintiff in error.

R. C. Barclay, Portsmouth, for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.

SMITH, Justice.

The plaintiff, Mary E. West, proceeded by motion for judgment against the city of Portsmouth alleging that she had been injured in a fall resulting from a defective condition which the city negligently permitted to exist in one of its sidewalks. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $5,000, which verdict the city moved to set aside as contrary to the law and the evidence. The trial court sustained the city's motion to set aside...

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