Legal Opinion
Sutton v. Bland
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 12, 1936PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, J.
R. A. Sutton, and W. R. Reed, while passengers in an automobile owned by Mrs. Gertrude Pond and driven by Mrs. Ada Burton, were injured when the car turned over on a North Carolina highway. Mrs. Pond was killed in the accident. Sutton and Reed instituted separate actions against Mrs. Pond’s administrator to recover damages for their injuries. This writ of error challenges the correctness of the lower court’s action in striking the evidence in the two cases which were tried together.
The two plaintiffs, Sutton and Reed, were the only surviving eyewitnesses to the accident who testified. It…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Boggs v. PlybonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
- Young v. DyerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
- Clark v. ParkerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
- Baise v. WarrenSupreme Court of Virginia · 1932
- Cates v. . HallSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1916
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Hodson v. AH Robins Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1981
- Maryland v. CoardSupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
- C. I. T. Corp. v. GuySupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
- Steele v. CrockerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1951
- Diaz Vicente v. ObenauerDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1990
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