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ROBBINS v. OLD DOMINION POWER COMPANY

131 S.E.2d 274 (1963)

204 Va. 390

Ricky Edsel ROBBINS, an Infant, Who Sues by His Father and Next Friend, v. OLD DOMINION POWER COMPANY, Incorporated.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 10, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. B. Browder, Richmond, Jay G. Kauffman, Pennington Gap (Rufus G. Coldwell, Jr., Browder, Russell & Morris, Richmond, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

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

SPRATLEY, Justice.

This proceeding was instituted by a motion for judgment in behalf of Ricky Edsel Robbins, an infant, by his father and next friend, to recover damages for injuries sustained by the infant when he climbed a steel tower belonging to Old Dominion Power Company, Incorporated, defendant, and came into contact with a current of high voltage electricity.

The infant plaintiff, sometimes hereinafter referred to as Ricky, charged the defendant with...

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