Sibley v. SLAYTON 193 Va. 470
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
This record is here on a writ of error to review the proceed- • ings of a trial in which Yan E. Slayton, administrator of the estate of Van W. Slayton, deceased, obtained a $10,000 verdict and judgment against Bichard Mills Sibley for the -wrongful death of plaintiff’s decedent, a guest of Sibley, which resulted from an automobile accident.
The decisive question presented is whether the evidence is sufficient to convict the defendant of gross negligence.
At about 10:30 p. m., April 11, 1950, the defendant, an eighteen-year-old youth, accompanied by three teen-age companions, Herman Adkins, John…
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