HENTHORN v. LONG

No. 12103.

122 S.E.2d 186 (1961)

Ara Virginia HENTHORN, Admrx., Etc., v. Carl LONG.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Decided October 24, 1961.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James W. Pyles, Jack Hawkins, Pros. Atty., New Martinsville, for plaintiff in error.

Snyder & Hassig, New Martinsville, for defendant in error.


CALHOUN, Judge.

This case involves a wrongful death action growing out of a motor vehicle collision resulting in a verdict for the defendant, which the trial court declined to set aside. The basic defense was predicated on the sudden emergency doctrine.

On the morning of August 11, 1958, Arthur William Henthorn and Howard Eugene Miller were proceeding in a northwesterly direction on State Route No. 20 and 7 toward New Martinsville in Wetzel County in a 1951...

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