PIEDMONT TRUST BANK v. AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO.


171 S.E.2d 264 (1969)

210 Va. 396

PIEDMONT TRUST BANK, Administrator of the Estate of Pamela M. Stanford, Deceased, Piedmont Trust Bank, Administrator of the Estate of Elizabeth Ann Stanford, Deceased, and Piedmont Trust Bank, Administrator of the Estate of David Thomas Stanford, Deceased, Appellants, v. The AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY, and James L. Carter, Sergeant, City of Martinsville, Virginia, Committee for Ernest Lacy Bridges, a Convict, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

December 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John D. Epperly, Martinsville (Broaddus, Epperly, Broaddus & Williams, Martinsville, on brief), for appellants.

William F. Stone, David B. Worthy, Martinsville (Stone, Joyce & Worthy, Martinsville, on brief), for appellees.

Before SNEAD, C. J., and I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON, HARRISON, COCHRAN and HARMAN, J J.


HARMAN, Justice.

On September 1, 1963, an automobile collision occurred at Bassett Forks in Henry County, Virginia. This accident was due solely to the negligence of Ernest Lacy Bridges, the driver of one of the vehicles. Bridges was an uninsured motorist, as defined by § 38.1-381 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended.

The other motor vehicle was owned by Ernest A. Hooker and was driven by David Leslie Hooker, his son. David Leslie Hooker and the...

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