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SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. WILSON

86 S.E.2d 53 (1955)

196 Va. 883

SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. Donald C. WILSON.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 7, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Gay, Lewis F. Powell, Jr., H. Merrill Pasco, Richmond, Coles & Richmond, Charlottesville, for plaintiff in error.

Timberlake & Smith, Staunton, for defendant in error.

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

WHITTLE, Justice.

Donald C. Wilson sued the Southern Railway Company, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by him in a crossing accident which involved a westbound tractor-trailer truck driven by Wilson and a northbound train of the railway company.

The motion for judgment assigned negligence allegedly attributable to the railway company, viz.: (1) unlawful speed; (2) failure to keep proper lookout; (3) failure to give warning...

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