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ELIZABETH RIVER TUNNEL DISTRICT v. BEECHER

117 S.E.2d 685 (1961)

202 Va. 452

ELIZABETH RIVER TUNNEL DISTRICT et al. v. Louise BEECHER.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied March 6, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Breeden, Jr., Norfolk, (Robert R. MacMillan, Breeden, Howard & MacMillan, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiffs in error.

Herbert K. Bangel, Portsmouth (Bangel, Bangel & Bangel, Portsmouth, on brief), for defendant in error.

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

WHITTLE, Justice.

Plaintiff, Louise Beecher, filed a motion for judgment against Elizabeth River Tunnel District and Virginia Transit Company seeking damages for personal injuries sustained while she was in the act of boarding a bus allegedly operated and controlled by the defendants. The defendants filed a special plea praying that the suit be dismissed on the ground that the District and the Company, as its agent, were performing an essential governmental function...

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