VENABLE v. STOCKNER


108 S.E.2d 380 (1959)

200 Va. 900

J. S. VENABLE and Isaac Wilbert Laws v. Louise Palmer STOCKNER. Wilfred N. STOCKNER v. J. S. VENABLE and Isaac Wilbert Laws.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

May 4, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Williams, Richmond (Edward R. Parker, Bremner, Parker, Neal, Harris & Williams, Richmond, on the brief), for Venable and Laws.

Wilbur C. Allen, Richmond (George E. Allen, Frank C. Maloney, III, Allen, Allen, Allen & Allen, Richmond, on the brief), for Stockner.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, WHITTLE, SNEAD and I'ANSON, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

These are separate appeals in two suits which arise out of a collision between an automobile driven by Wilfred N. Stockner, in which his wife Louise Palmer Stockner, was a passenger, and a tractor-trailer owned by J. S. Venable and driven by his employee, Isaac Wilbert Laws. The collision occurred on December 28, 1955, at 7:00 p. m., on U. S. Route No. 360, about five miles east of Mechanicsville in Hanover County. The Stockner car was proceeding...

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