Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Holland

Drury J. Holland, Jr. instituted an action at law against the Virginia Electric and Power Company to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him, and also for damages occasioned his automobile by reason of a collision with one of the defendant’s electric street cars at the intersection of Hampton Boulevard and Sewell’s Point road in the city of Norfolk. A verdict, approved by the trial court, was found by the jury in favor of the plaintiff.

The Virginia Electric and Power Company upon this writ of error contends that the trial court should have set aside the verdict upon the grounds…