Legal Opinion
Davis v. Sykes
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 8, 1961No. Record 5269PublishedCited by 27 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The plaintiff, Elsie Lee Sykes, who was a guest passenger in an automobile operated by the defendant, Ernest Eugene Davis, was seriously and permanently injured when the automobile collided with a truck belonging to an oil company and driven by its agent, Patterson. In this action for damages she recovered a verdict and judgment against Davis, to whom we granted this writ of error. He contends that the court erred in refusing two instructions, in admitting certain testimony, and in refusing to ask the jurors about their acquaintance with certain witnesses.
The accident happened about 5:45…
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