Virginia Stage Lines, Inc. v. Brockman Chevrolet, Inc.

Brockman Chevrolet, Incorporated, plaintiff, instituted an action against Virginia Stage Lines, Incorporated, and Emmett Wesley Robertson, defendants, to recover $422 for damages done to an automobile owned by plaintiff and driven by Daniel John Bateman which, after having struck another vehicle, collided with a “Trailways” bus owned by Virginia Stage and operated by Robertson. The defendants denied they were guilty of any negligence. The case was tried on March 29, 1967. At the conclusion of plaintiff’s evidence defendants made a motion to strike the evidence on the grounds that plaintiff…