DANVILLE & W. RY. CO. v. CHATTIN


64 S.E.2d 748 (1951)

192 Va. 216

DANVILLE & W. RY. CO. v. CHATTIN et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 7, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Gay, Richmond, Meade & Talbott, Danville, for plaintiff in error.

Fowler & Dodson and Sanford & Clement, Danville, for defendants in error.

Before EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN and MILLER, JJ.


BUCHANAN, Justice.

Norman Chattin, plaintiff below, was injured when the automobile in which he was riding was struck by a train of the defendant railway company at a grade crossing. He recovered a verdict and judgment which the railway company here seeks to have reversed on the ground that the negligence of the driver of the automobile was the sole proximate cause of the accident.

The crossing where the accident occurred is about six miles west of Danville...

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