DOWDY v. FRANKLIN


121 S.E.2d 817 (1961)

203 Va. 7

Steven Lloyd DOWDY, an Infant who sues by his mother and next friend, Bernice R. Dowdy v. G. A. FRANKLIN, Stanley Roscoe Early and Frances F. Mathena, Administrator d.b.n. of the Estate of Phillip Leroy Dowdy, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

October 9, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Turk, John N. Dalton, Radford (Dalton, Poff & Turk, Radford, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

John H. Locke, Roanoke (Gentry, Locke & Rakes, Roanoke, on the brief), for G. A. Franklin and Stanley Roscoe Early, defendants in error.

Robert J. Rogers, Roanoke (John H. Thornton, Jr., Woods, Rogers, Muse & Walker, Roanoke, on the brief), for Frances F. Mathena, Administrator, etc., defendant in error.

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


CARRICO, Justice.

Steven Lloyd Dowdy, an infant, hereinafter referred to as the plaintiff, by his mother and next friend, Bernice R. Dowdy, filed a motion for judgment against G. A. Franklin, Stanley Roscoe Early and Frances F. Mathena, Administrator d.b.n. of the Estate of Phillip Leroy Dowdy, Deceased, hereinafter referred to as the defendants, to recover damages for personal injuries sustained when the automobile operated by Phillip Leroy Dowdy, in which the plaintiff...

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