Legal Opinion
Crist v. Coach Company
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 17, 1955No. Record No. 4310PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court 1
196 Va. 642 (1955)
MARY L. CRIST
v.
WASHINGTON, VIRGINIA AND MARYLAND COACH COMPANY, INCORPORATED.
Record No. 4310.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
January 17, 1955.
McGinnis & Tymoff, for the plaintiff in error.
Boothe, Dudley, Koontz & Boothe, for the defendant in error.
Present, Hudgins, C.J., and Eggleston, Spratley, Buchanan, Miller and Smith,
1. Though a common carrier must exercise the highest degree of practical care for the safety of its passengers, it is not an insurer of their safety nor liable for the ordinary jolts necessarily incident to use of its vehicles. In suit against it, the burden of…
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- Cleveland v. Danville Traction & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1942
- Virginia Transit Co. v. TiddSupreme Court of Virginia · 1952
- James v. Von SchuckmanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1932
- Atlantic Greyhound Corp. v. SheltonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1946
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Medlar v. MohanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1991