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Roanoke Railway & Electric Co. v. Whitner

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 12, 1939No. Record No. 2069PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.

Under review is a judgment for a plaintiff given in compensation for personal injuries received in an automobile accident.

She, Annie B. Whitner, with a Miss Sloan, rode as a guest in a Packard coupe owned and driven by Marion E. Chapman. This coupe ran into the back end of a bus owned and operated by the Roanoke Railway & Electric Company, which was then standing on what is known in the record as the Williamson road, leading north through the outskirts of the city of Roanoke. This road is practically straight. Its paved surface is thirty feet wide and is divided by white lines into three…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Boggs v. PlybonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
  2. Bastrop State Bank v. LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
  3. Kinsey v. BrughSupreme Court of Virginia · 1931
  4. Stallard v. Atlantic Greyhound LinesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
  5. Craver v. Franklin Cotton Mills, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1928

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3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Hubbard v. MurraySupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
  2. Medved v. DoolittleSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1945
  3. Smith v. Penn Line Service, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Huffman v. SorensonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1953
  5. Saunders and Rittenhouse v. BulluckSupreme Court of Virginia · 1968

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