Legal Opinion · Dissent

Atlantic Greyhound Lines v. Skinner

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 10, 1939No. Record No. 2018Published

1DissentHolt, J.

The tendency to accentuate matters which support conclusions reached and to minimize others seems to be inescapable, but this persisting angle of approach is not apt to be hurtful when we come to deal with verdicts affirmed, for under a long settled rule, where matters are in dispute, we accept as proven those which sustain them when supported by credible evidence.

*446Cliff R. Skinner, as administrator of the estate of J. P. Hamilton, deceased, brought this action against the Atlantic Greyhound Lines—hereinafter for brevity sometimes called the Atlantic—to recover damages for the death of…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. LockwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
  2. Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railway Co. v. VoigtSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
  3. Gleeson v. Virginia Midland RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
  4. Northern Pacific R. Co. v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904
  5. Northern Pacific Railway Company v. AdamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1904

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