Green v. Smith

This is an action by notice of motion for judgment brought in the Circuit Court for Pittsylvania county by Earl Green, a child four years old, against Sam P. Smith, the father of James Smith, to recover damages for an injury claimed to have been negligently inflicted on Earl Green by Jam.es Smith while driving his father’s automobile along College avenue in Schoolfield, a suburb of the city of Danville. The son, Jam.es Smith, is not made a party defendant.

At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s evidence, the defendant, without putting in any evidence of his own, moved the court to strike out all…