STEIN v. POWELL


124 S.E.2d 889 (1962)

203 Va. 423

George S. STEIN, Trdg., etc. v. James Wallace POWELL, Jr., an Infant, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 23, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mills E. Godwin, Jr., Suffolk, Lawson Worrell, Jr., Norfolk (Williams, Cocke, Worrell & Kelly, Norfolk, Godwin & Godwin, Suffolk, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

A. E. S. Stephens, Smithfield, William N. Stovall, Suffolk, for defendant in error.

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


WHITTLE, Justice.

A motion for judgment was filed in the Circuit Court on behalf of James Wallace Powell, Jr., a two-and-one-half-year-old infant, through his father and next friend, James Wallace Powell, Sr., seeking damages for injuries sustained on the premises of George S. Stein, trading as Hub Department Store.

The trial resulted in a jury verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $20,000, on which, over the...

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