Legal Opinion

Otey v. Blessing

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 8, 1938PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtHolt, J.

Under review is an automobile accident in the daytime at a highway crossing.

Plaintiff’s decedent, Miss Lollie Fisher, in her Plymouth coupe, driven by her brother-in-law, Grady Blessing, near *547the corporate limits of Wytheville, drove east along that arterial road known as the Lee highway. The defendant, C. N. Otey, in a Packard car, drove in a northeasterly direction along what was at one time a part of that road but is now cut off from it by reason of a change in its location. At the crossing the old road approaches the new from the southwest at an angle.of from twenty to twenty-five…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lavenstein v. MaileCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1926
  2. Norfolk Southern Railroad v. White's Admx.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1915
  3. Real Estate Trust & Insurance v. Gwyn's AdministratrixSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
  4. McGowan v. TaymanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  5. Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. FordSupreme Court of Virginia · 1936

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Matheny v. Central Motor Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of North Carolina · 1951
  2. Nehi Bottling Company v. LambertSupreme Court of Virginia · 1955
  3. Temple v. MosesSupreme Court of Virginia · 1940
  4. Temple v. EllingtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1941
  5. Oliver v. ForsythSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950

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