Hill v. Lee

Vance Lee Hill, Jr., filed a motion for judgment against Vernie Lee, Jr., to recover damages for injuries received when Hill was struck by a car driven by Lee northwardly along Highway 627 near Emporia in Greensville county. The motion alleged that at the time of the accident the plaintiff Hill “was a pedestrian off the hard surface and on the east shoulder” of the highway. The defendant Lee filed grounds of defense denying that he was guilty of any negligence which proximately caused the plaintiff’s injuries and alleging that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence. There was a…