WRIGHT v. TATE


156 S.E.2d 562 (1967)

208 Va. 291

Homer Neal WRIGHT v. Fred B. TATE, Jr., Administrator, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 8, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart B. Campbell, Jr. Wytheville, (Campbell & Campbell, Wytheville, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

James L. Warren, Narrows, Aubrey R. Bowles, Jr., Richmond, (Bowles & Boyd, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

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


SNEAD, Justice.

Leslie Robinson Wright, a guest passenger in an automobile operated by Homer Neal Wright, defendant, was fatally injured when the vehicle ran off Route 606 in Bland county and struck a tree. Fred B. Tate, Jr., Administrator of the estate of Leslie Robinson Wright, plaintiff, brought an action against defendant to recover damages for the wrongful death of his decedent.

In his motion for judgment plaintiff...

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