South Hill Motor Co. v. Gordon

This case presents for our review a judgment in favor of a pedestrian, who was struck and injured by an automobile on a public highway.

Chalmers M. Gordon, Jr., was the plaintiff in the court below, and J. V. Jones, the operator of the automobile, and the South Hill Motor Company, Inc., his employer, were the *196defendants. The parties will be hereinafter referred to according to the positions they occupied in the trial court.

The action was instituted by the filing of a declaration of trespass on the case. The defendants filed their plea of the general issue, grounds of defense, and a statement…