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SYKES v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY

106 S.E.2d 746 (1959)

200 Va. 559

Roy L. SYKES, Administrator of the Estate of Delores Bly Ellis, v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, a Corporation, and H. W. Knight.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied March 11, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry E. Howell, Jr., Norfolk (Guy E. Daugherty, Jett, Sykes & Howell, Norfolk, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

Thomas R. McNamara, Norfolk (Leigh D. Williams, Williams, Cocke, Worrell & Kelly, Norfolk, on the brief), for defendants in error.

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

SPRATLEY, Justice.

This action for damages was brought by the administrator of Mrs. Delores Bly Ellis, who was killed in the crossing accident involved in the case of Norfolk & W. R. Corp. v. Sykes, No. 4813, decided today, 106 S.E.2d 734. The latter case was tried in March and the present case in May 1957. In the first case the jury found for the plaintiff and on defendants' appeal we reversed the judgment and entered final...

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