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VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY v. McCLEESE

141 S.E.2d 755 (1965)

206 Va. 127

VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY v. Theodlous McCLEESE.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied June 14, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis T. Booker, Richmond (George D. Gibson, Archibald G. Robertson, Richmond, Lawson Worrell, Jr., Edward L. Oast, Jr., Norfolk, Hunton, Williams, Gay, Powell & Gibson, Richmond, Williams, Cocke, Worrell & Kelly, Norfolk, on the brief), for plaintiff in error.

T. Ione Diggs, Norfolk (Bertha L. Douglas, Norfolk, Richard G. Brydges, James R. McKenry, Virginia Beach, Douglass & Diggs, Norfolk, Brydges & Broyles, Virginia Beach, on the brief), for defendant in error.

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

GORDON, Justice.

McCleese, the plaintiff, comes armed with a judgment against Virginia Electric and Power Company, based on a jury verdict for $16,000, for personal injuries—sustained when a long metal rod or "squeegee" held by McCleese accidentally came in contact with the Power Company's high tension wire. We are called upon to decide whether McCleese can keep his judgment, or must lose it or suffer a new trial...

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