Petrus v. Robbins
Supreme Court of Virginia
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the Court 1
196 Va. 322 (1954)
EDNA E. PETRUS
v.
CHARLES ROBBINS.
Record No. 4178.
Supreme Court of Virginia.
September 8, 1954.
Louis Koutoulakos and Paul Varoutsos, for the plaintiff in error.
Boothe, Dudley, Koontz & Boothe, for the defendant in error.
Present, All the Justices.
1. A bailee in possession, including a gratuitous bailee, may sue and recover judgment for the wrongful damage or destruction by another of the bailed property.
2. Robbins sued Mrs. Petrus in Civil and Police Court for damage to his automobile resulting from a collision in which she was driving her husband's car; and she counterclaimed…
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