Huey v. Blue Ridge Transportation Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Drew,

Plaintiffs, Charles Huey and Margaret Huey, residents of Washington County, are husband and wife. Alleging damage and loss to them as a result of the negligence of defendant, Blue Bidge Transportation Company, a corporation engaged in the business of transporting persons for hire, they brought this combined action for compensation. In the suit of the husband the jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant. In that of the wife it returned a verdict in her favor for $20,000. The learned court below refused the motion for a new trial in the suit of the husband, and…