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WRIGHT v. KELLY

122 S.E.2d 670 (1961)

203 Va. 135

Josh Emmerson WRIGHT v. John W. KELLY, Administrator, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 27, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Vaughan, Frank M. Slayton, So. Boston (Easley, Vaughan & Slayton, So. Boston, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Don P. Bagwell, Halifax (Tuck, Bagwell & Dillard, So. Boston, on brief), for defendant in error.

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

I'ANSON, Justice.

This is an action for the death by wrongful act of John Anthony Kelly, an infant 17 months of age, sometimes hereinafter referred to as Tony, who was killed instantly as a result of the alleged negligence of Josh Emmerson Wright, the defendant, when he backed his truck onto the child in the driveway of the Kelly home. A trial by jury resulted in a verdict of $20,000 for the administrator, plaintiff, on...

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