ASPHALT SERVICE COMPANY v. THOMAS


95 S.E.2d 141 (1956)

198 Va. 490

ASPHALT SERVICE COMPANY, Incorporated, v. Peggy THOMAS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 26, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Howard, Norfolk (Breeden, Howard & MacMillan, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Ralph H. Ferrell, Jr., Richmond, J. B. Cowles, Jr., Williamsburg (E. Milton Farley, III, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Moore & Powell, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

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


WHITTLE, Justice.

Asphalt Service Company, Incorporated was granted a writ of error to a judgment for $10,000 entered in favor of Peggy Thomas against it and a co-defendant, Benjamin C. Jackson. Jackson's failure to appear or plead at the trial resulted in judgment by default as to him and is not here involved.

The motion for judgment sought the recovery of damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff when the Jackson automobile in which she was...

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