GOUGH v. SHANER


90 S.E.2d 171 (1955)

197 Va. 572

Frank Rosser GOUGH v. E. H. SHANER, Administrator of the Estate of E. H. Shaner, Jr., Deceased.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Williams, Robertson, Sackett & Blackburn, Lynchburg, for plaintiff in error.

Basil G. Watkins, Lynchburg, for defendant in error.

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


MILLER, Justice.

On the afternoon of March 4, 1954, a motorcycle operated by Jimmy B. Overstreet, aged fifteen years, upon which E. H. Shaner, Jr., aged thirteen years, was also riding collided at a street intersection in the city of Lynchburg with an automobile operated by Frank Rosser Gough. Young Shaner was instantly killed in the collision and E. H. Shaner, his father and administrator, brought an action against Gough under § 8-633, Code of 1950, to recover...

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