HODGSON v. McCALL


87 S.E.2d 791 (1955)

197 Va. 52

Alice Seamans HODGSON (Woody Seamans and Vivian B. Hodgson, Jr., Executors of the Estate of Alice Seamans Hodgson, Substituted Plaintiffs in Error), v. Pearl House McCALL.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 13, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P. W. Ackiss, Virginia Beach, Kellam & Kellam, Norfolk, for plaintiff in error.

Williams, Cocke, Worrell & Kelly, Jack E. Greer, Norfolk, for defendant in error.

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


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

Alice Seamans Hodgson (who died while the case was pending in this Court) instituted this action to recover compensation for injuries sustained when she was struck by an automobile driven by the defendant, Pearl House McCall. At the conclusion of the introduction of plaintiff's evidence, the trial court sustained defendant's motion to strike. The jury, accordingly, returned a verdict for defendant, upon which final judgment was entered.

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