Legal Opinion
Richter v. Seawell
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 20, 1944No. Record No. 2831PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, J.
On the night of August 23, 1941, two young men, William Clyde Knighton and Alvin C. Seawell, left Norfolk, in Knighton’s car,.bound for Baltimore, Maryland. Between three-thirty and four o’clock the next morning the car was found wrecked, against a tree, about a mile west of Ivor, on the left-hand side of Highway 460 leading from Suffolk to Petersburg. The only occupants of the car, Knighton and Seawell, were dead.
Seawell’s administratrix sued Knighton’s administrator for damages for the alleged wrongful death of Seawell. The notice of motion for judgment alleged that at the time of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hackley v. RobeySupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
- Arnold v. WoodSupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
- Pearcey v. Saint Paul Fire & Marine InsuranceSupreme Court of Virginia · 1935
3Cited by36 opinions
- Griffin Lumber Co. v. HarperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1946
- Powers v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1970
- Weddle, Administratrix v. DraperSupreme Court of Virginia · 1963
- Grasty v. TannerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1966
- Spurlin, Administratrix v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
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