Legal Opinion
Hewlett v. Schadel
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1934No. 3548PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by plaintiff in an automobile collision ease in which verdict was directed for defendant. Plaintiff, who at the time of her injury was a- young girl sixteen years of age, was riding with defendant on his motorcycle as his guest. ‘ It was in the nighttime, and defendant was driving the motorcycle down a residential street in the city of Newport News, Va., at a rate of speed estimated by the witnesses of plaintiff to be between 35 and 40 miles per hour, although the limit permitted by the law of Virginia was only 25 miles per hour. Va. Code of 1030,. §…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- Swift v. TysonSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- Hough v. Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1880
- Railroad Co. v. LockwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Shoemaker v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Co. v. PrenticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Citizens Nat. Bank of Orange, Va. v. WaughCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1935
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