Smith v. Withrow
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city "of Newport News, in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtSaunders, J.
• The following facts are revealed by the record in this case: The plaintiff in error, an old man named Smith, owns a small truck farm a few miles north of the city of Newport News. Returning to his farm from that city on the night of May 17, 1919, accompanied by his wife, and driving slowly on the right-hand side of the road, he was run into from the rear by an automobile belonging to Claude S. Withrow, the defendant in error. Hereinafter the parties will be referred to, respectively, as the plaintiff and the defendant.
The impact of the automobile knocked Smith out of his wagon, injured his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- N. Y., Phila. & Norfolk R. R. v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
3Cited by2 opinions
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