McDowell v. City of Portsmouth

This was an action at law, instituted by a notice of motion for judgment to recover damages for personal injuries and property losses growing out of an automobile accident which happened at or near the city of Portsmouth, Virginia, on January 8, 1944.

The parties will be referred to as they were related in the trial court. The plaintiff, William H. McDowell, was an employee at the Norfolk Navy Yard and was driving his automobile from his place of occupation in the city toward Highland Park. The defendant, the city of Portsmouth, was operating its truck from a dump back to the city. Three of…