LUCAS v. BILLER


130 S.E.2d 582 (1963)

204 Va. 309

John Henry LUCAS v. Edith BILLER.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

April 22, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas V. Monahan, Winchester (J. Lynn Lucas, Luray, G. Kenneth Miller, Richmond, Massie, Snarr & Monahan, Winchester, May, Garrett, Miller, Newman & Compton, Richmond, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

Joshua L. Robinson, Luray, for defendant in error.

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


I'ANSON, Justice.

This action was instituted by the plaintiff, Edith Biller, against the defendant, John Henry Lucas, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by reason of the defendant's negligent operation of an automobile in which she was riding as a passenger for hire. From a judgment for the plaintiff in the sum of $7,500, entered on a jury's verdict, we granted defendant a writ of error.

In his grounds of defense the defendant...

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