Norfolk & Southern Railroad v. Beskin

The bill of complaint in this cause charges that Samuel Beskin, the defendant in the court below, during the year 1917 was operating for pleasure his automobile and carried in the car his wife and his wife’s mother. At a grade crossing between Norfolk and Virginia Beach the automobile and an electric car of appellant *745were in collision, and Mrs. Beskin and her mother were injured.

That suits were instituted by the injured parties and a judgment recovered by the wife for $2,500.00, and settlement with the mother, made before judgment, for $5,000.00.

That both suits were brought against appellant…