Legal Opinion
Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Vellines
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 14, 1934PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.
Plaintiff, W. L. Vellines (defendant in error) is seeking to recover for damages to his automobile and for injuries to himself, sustained in a collision with one of the defendant’s street cars at what is known as the 8th street crossing on its line running from Ocean View to Willoughby Spit. The car company there operates a double track electric line which can be crossed in safety only at certain designated crossings. Its tracks run east and west, and on either side of them, eight and two-tenths feet distant, is a sixteen foot concrete road. The track along which the car came that did the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Massie v. FirmstoneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
- Triplett v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925
- Green v. RuffinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
- Barnes v. AshworthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
- Southern Railway Co. v. BaileySupreme Court of Virginia · 1910
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Alamo v. Del RosarioCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1938
- Anderson v. PayneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- Yellow Cab Co. of Virginia, Inc. v. GulleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
- Remine v. WhitedSupreme Court of Virginia · 1942
- South Hill Motor Co. v. GordonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
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