SIBLEY v. SLAYTON


69 S.E.2d 466 (1952)

193 Va. 470

SIBLEY v. SLAYTON.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 10, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Easley, Edmunds & Vaughan, South Boston, for plaintiff in error.

R. Paul Sanford, J. William Clement, Danville, for defendant in error.

Before All the Justices.


SMITH, Justice.

This record is here on a writ of error to review the proceedings of a trial in which Van R. Slayton, administrator of the estate of Van W. Slayton, deceased, obtained a $10,000 verdict and judgment against Richard Mills Sibley for the wrongful death of plaintiff's decedent, a guest of Sibley, which resulted from an automobile accident.

The decisive question presented is whether the evidence is sufficient to convict the defendant of gross negligence...

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