JESSEE v. SLATE


86 S.E.2d 821 (1955)

196 Va. 1074

Ralph S. JESSEE v. Bascom L. SLATE, Administrator.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 25, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

I. M. Quillen, Lebanon, for plaintiff in error.

Penn, Stuart & Phillips, Abingdon, for defendant in error.

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


SMITH, Justice.

This action was brought by Bascom L. Slate, administrator of the estate of Thomas W. Slate, deceased, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against Ralph S. Jessee, hereinafter referred to as defendant, to recover damages for the wrongful death of plaintiff's decedent which occurred when a horse he was riding was struck by a truck driven by defendant's agent, Jimmy Ferguson, at the time a seventeen year old...

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