Roanoke Railway & Electric Co. v. Korb

C. W. B. Korb instituted an action in the Law and Chancery Court of the city of Roanoke to recover damages for personal injuries to himself and damage to his automobile, occasioned by a collision with a street car owned and operated by the Roanoke Railway and Electric Company. The trial resulted in a verdict in behalf of the plaintiff for $2,500.00, and judgment was duly entered thereon.

There are two assignments of error: (1) The refusal of the trial court to set the verdict aside because it was contrary to the law and the evidence. (2) The giving of an instruction, requested by the defendant…