Legal Opinion
ESSO STANDARD OIL COMPANY v. Williams
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 28, 1960No. Record 5164PublishedCited by 12 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtI’Anson, J.
This is an action for damages brought by the plaintiff, Mattie Lee Williams, as the result of personal injuries sustained while a passenger in an automobile which collided with a truck owned by Esso Standard Oil Company and driven by its agent, John R. Porter, defendants in the court below. A jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $3,500 against both defendants, on which the trial court entered judgment, and the defendants are here on a writ of error.
The defendants contend that the court erred in not striking plaintiff’s evidence or in not setting aside the verdict in…
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- Bates v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1959
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