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NEWELL v. RIGGINS

90 S.E.2d 150 (1955)

197 Va. 490

Marion NEWELL v. Dorkin RIGGINS, Jr.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 28, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Rexford Taylor, Louis Ellenson, Newport News, for plaintiff in error.

Hall, Martin & Smith, Newport News, for defendant in error.

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

SPRATLEY, Justice.

On November 4, 1953, an automobile owned and operated by Dorkin Riggins, Jr., and in which Marion Newell was a non-paying passenger, left a public highway and crashed head-on into a tree. The automobile was practically demolished and both of its occupants injured. As a result, Marion Newell instituted this action against Riggins to recover damages for the personal injuries sustained by her in the accident.

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