Virginia Transit Company v. Schain

■ Louis Ralph Schain, an infant six years of age, the plaintiff, secured a verdict and judgment in the sum of $53,000 against Virginia Transit Company, the defendant, for personal injuries suffered in an accident involving a bus owned by the defendant. The defendant was granted a writ of error.

The accident occurred at approximately 4:30 p. m. on June 7, 1960, on Lafayette Street, near its intersection with Cutshaw Avenue, in the city of Richmond. Lafayette Street is 40.2 feet wide and runs generally north and south. Cutshaw Avenue is 36 feet wide and runs generally east and west.

The point of…