Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Courtney

We are asked to reverse the judgment of the trial court upon the verdict of a jury awarding the appellee damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the operator of one of the appellant’s street cars.

The appellant contends, first, that the evidence discloses that the appellee was guilty of contributory negligence which, as a matter of law, barred a recovery, and, secondly, that there was error in a certain instruction to the jury.

The Virginia Electric and Power Company operates electric street cars eastwardly and westwardly on Venable street, in the city of…