· 7/15/1931
Virginia Beach Golf Course Annex Corp. v. Commissioner
Citations
- 23 B.T.A. 1170
- 1931 BTA LEXIS 1761
How courts have described this case
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- holding that an instruction was inherently misleading and legally erroneous only to the extent that it allows juries to premise liability on an incorrect interpretation of the law
- “Even if an instruction is misleading, it will not be reversed unless prejudice is shown.”
- “... to the extent that the instruction misstated the law, it is presumed to be prejudicial”
- municipality owes a duty to all persons, whether negligent or fault-free, to build and maintain its roadways in a condition that is reasonably safe for ordinary travel
- municipality owes a duty to all persons, whether negligent or fault-free, to build and maintain its roadways in a condition that is reasonably safe for ordinary travel
- municipalities not required to anticipate and protect against all imaginable acts of negligent drivers.
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Judges: Lansdon, Sternhagen, Only, Smith, Tkammell
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