DISHMAN v. PITTS


118 S.E.2d 509 (1961)

202 Va. 548

J. S. DISHMAN, Adm'r, etc. v. Thomas J. PITTS, Adm'r, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 6, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Williams, Richmond (Bremner, Neal, Harris, Williams & Battle, Richmond, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Joseph A. Billingsley, Jr., King George, for defendant in error.

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


I'ANSON, Justice.

The plaintiff, Thomas J. Pitts, administrator of the estate of Thomas Linwood Pitts, deceased, instituted this action against the defendants J. S. Dishman, administrator of the estate of Robert Alan Agnew, and Orten Dewey Haislip, Royal B. Harris, L. J. Long, and Hespenheide & Thompson, Inc., seeking damages for the wrongful death of his decedent. It was alleged in the motion for judgment that Agnew, driver of the automobile in which Pitts was...

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