Legal Opinion

Lynchburg Traction & Light Co. v. Wright

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 21, 1933PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the CourtBrowning, J.

H. F. Wright sued the defendant for damages caused by the death of his intestate and son, Fred Allen Wright, when he was run over and killed by a street car of the defendant on June 8, 1931, at about four o’clock, P. M., on Fort avenue in the city of Lynchburg. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $2,500.00

Young Wright was thirteen years and some four months old. He was a well grown youth weighing from 100 to 110 pounds. He was dressed in overalls with long trousers. The evidence shows that he was a normal hoy, bright and intelligent. Indeed, he was what is known in the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Triplett v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1925
  2. Green v. RuffinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1924
  3. Barnes v. AshworthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
  4. Washington & Old Dominion Railway v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923
  5. Gunter's Adm'r v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1920

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Smith v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937

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