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SMITH v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY

129 S.E.2d 655 (1963)

204 Va. 128

Charles Melvin SMITH v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

March 4, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. B. Stephenson, Jr., Covington (J. W. C. Johnson, Clifton Forge, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

Archibald G. Robertson; Lewis T. Booker, Richmond (Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell & Gibson, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

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

SPRATLEY, Justice.

Charles Melvin Smith, the plaintiff, was seriously injured when a current of electricity was transmitted to him from an uninsulated high tension electric wire through a metallic rod he was using in connection with a land survey. The wire was owned and operated by the Virginia Electric and Power Company, hereinafter referred to as Vepco.

Smith filed a motion for judgment against Vepco to recover...

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