Legal Opinion · Dissent

Smith v. Penn Line Service, Inc.

West Virginia Supreme Court

Decided January 19, 1960No. 11056Published

1Dissent

Browning, PresideNt,

dissenting:

I respectfully dissent from the decision of the Court in this case in holding as a matter of law that: (1) The defendants, Penn Line Service, Inc., and J. W. Hosey, were not guilty of negligence; (2) if they were guilty of negligence, they were not liable to the plaintiff since the sole proximate cause of the plaintiff’s injuries was the negligence of the defendant Canterbury; and (3) the implication, at least, thát if these defendants were guilty of negligence, and their negligence contributed proximately to the plaintiff’s injuries, she would be barred from…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Yuncke v. WelkerWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1945
  2. Hartley v. CredeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1954
  3. Wilson v. EdwardsWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1953
  4. Hubbard v. MurraySupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
  5. Divita v. Atlantic Trucking Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1946

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