CARTER v. NELMS


131 S.E.2d 401 (1963)

204 Va. 338

Eugene CARTER, Administrator of the Estate of Grace Carter, Deceased, v. Nadine Edwards NELMS.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 10, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. W. Coleman, Jr., Gate City (Coleman & Coleman, Gate City, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Jay G. Kauffman, Pennington Gap, Emanuel Emroch, Richmond (Frank N. Cowan, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

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


EGGLESTON, Chief Justice.

Nadine Edwards Nelms, while riding as a passenger in a car driven by her husband, Charles Nelms, Jr., was injured when that car collided with another driven by Grace Carter. Mrs. Nelms filed a motion for judgment against Mrs. Carter to recover damages for her injuries. Pending the suit Mrs. Carter died of causes unrelated to the accident and her husband, Eugene Carter, as administrator, was substituted as party defendant. There was a trial...

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