Legal Opinion

Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Walker

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 13, 1929Published

1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.

Plaintiff, a married woman, forty-seven years old,, a passenger on a motorbus of the defendant company operated along Broad Creek road, in the city of Norfolk, was injured while alighting at its intersection with Merrimac avenue. The jury returned a verdict in her favor for $1,500.00, which was confirmed by the trial court, and it is now before us on a writ of error.

This verdict, the defendant claims, is contrary to the evidence and without evidence to support it. -

*885That offered on its behalf, if accepted, would have resulted in complete exoneration, but it was not accepted by the jury, and in…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. StricklerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1915
  2. Virginian Railway Co. v. BellSupreme Court of Virginia · 1916
  3. Bemiss v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
  4. Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. BaileySupreme Court of Virginia · 1918

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