Manhat v. FOR HIRE CAR CORP. O'CONNELL

194 Va. 398 (1952)

MANHATTAN FOR HIRE CAR CORPORATION OF RICHMOND

v.

RALPH MASON O'CONNELL.

Record No. 3984.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

December 1, 1952.

Lynwood E. Smith, for the plaintiff in error.

Gordon B. Ambler, Jr., for the defendant in error.

Present, All the Justices.

1. There is no statute that relieves an ambulance driver from the provision of | 46-203 of the Code of 1950 or lessens the rigor of that enactment for the operator of such a vehicle.

2. The doctrine of last clear chance does not supersede the defense of contributory negligence. It does not save a plaintiff from the bar of his own…