JOHNSON v. J. S. BELL, JR., & COMPANY


117 S.E.2d 85 (1960)

202 Va. 274

Mary E. JOHNSON v. J. S. BELL, JR., & COMPANY, Inc., et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 28, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. White, Norfolk (Paul M. Lipkin, Goldblatt & Lipkin, Norfolk, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

William L. Ward, Norfolk, for Norfolk Redevelopment & Housing Authority, defendant in error.

John W. Winston, Norfolk (Seawell, McCoy, Winston & Dalton, Norfolk, on the brief), for J. S. Bell, Jr., & Co., Inc., defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.


SNEAD, Justice.

On December 12, 1958, at approximately 11:15 p. m., Mary E. Johnson was walking on the sidewalk of the east side of Chapel street near where it intersects with Brambleton avenue in Norfolk when she slipped and fell on snow and ice, which had accumulated from natural causes and had not been removed from the sidewalk as required by an ordinance of the City of Norfolk (§ 42-271). She suffered a fracture of her

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