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TRIMYER v. NORFOLK TALLOW CO.

Record No. 3809.

66 S.E.2d 441 (1951)

192 Va. 776

TRIMYER et al. v. NORFOLK TALLOW CO., Inc. et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 5, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

White, Ryan & Holland, Norfolk, for plaintiffs in error.

Breeden & Hoffman and Nusbaum & Underwood, all of Norfolk, for Norfolk Tallow Company, Inc., defendant in error.

T. Justin Moore, Richmond, Robt. B. Tunstall, Leigh D. Williams, Norfolk, for Virginia Electric & Power Co., defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER and WHITTLE, JJ.

BUCHANAN, Justice.

Trimyer, the plaintiff below, brought this action against the Tallow Company and the Power Company for damages for the serious and permanent injuries sustained by him from a current of electricity transmitted to him from a high tension line through a crane that he was operating. The trial court struck out his evidence on the ground that it failed to establish negligence on the part of either defendant; and, assuming that it did, that the plaintiff...

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