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BATES v. THOMPSON

106 S.E.2d 728 (1959)

200 Va. 501

Bamma BATES, Administratrix, etc. v. Emory A. THOMPSON, Sheriff, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 26, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Warren Messick, Roanoke, R. B. Stephenson, Jr., Covington (R. B. Stephenson, Covington, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

W. H. Jolly, Salem (R. S. Kime, Salem, on the brief), for defendant in error.

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

WHITTLE, Justice.

Ellis G. Bates was riding in a car owned and operated by his brother, Gordon Bates, when an accident occurred in which both were killed. Bamma Bates, administratrix of the estate of Ellis Bates, sued Thompson, the administrator of Gordon Bates, alleging gross negligence in the operation of the automobile. The court found as a matter of law that the car was being operated in a grossly negligent manner at the time of the accident. To this finding no...

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