CRABTREE v. DINGUS


74 S.E.2d 54 (1953)

194 Va. 615

CRABTREE v. DINGUS et al.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 26, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kiser, Vicars & Kiser, Wise, S. H. and George C Sutherland, Qintwood, for plaintiff in error.

Glyn R. Phillips, Hansel Fleming, Clintwood, for defendants in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLSTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


SMITH, Justice.

The administrators of the estate of Cosby Mullens recovered a verdict and judgment of $12,000 for her death which resulted from injuries received while riding as a guest in an automobile owned and operated by the defendant, Grover C. Crabtree. To that judgment this writ of error was awarded.

The decisive question presented by the assignments of error is this: Was the evidence sufficient to convict the defendant of gross negligence?

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