Old Dominion Stages, Inc. v. Connor

This is an automobile collision case. Appellant is the owner of a motorbus line operating in Virginia. Appellee was a passenger in an automobile driven by her husband at the time of the collision.

Briefly stated, the facts are these: In the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1931, the President of the United States left Washington by automobile on a week-end trip to Rapidau Camp in Virginia. His car was followed by the car of the secret service operatives, which in turn was followed by that of the President’s secretary, and these three official cars by two containing newspaper correspondents. The…