Daub v. Weaver.*
Decision Date | 14 March 1935 |
Parties | DAUB. v. WEAVER.* |
Court | Virginia Supreme Court |
Error to Circuit Court, Greensville County.
Action by notice of motion by Margaret Daub against W. Channing P. Weaver. To review a judgment for defendant notwithstanding verdict for plaintiff, plaintiff brings error.
Affirmed.
Argued before CAMPBELL, C. J., and HOLT, EPES, HUDGINS, GREGORY, BROWNING, and CHINN, JJ.
Sinnott & May, of Richmond, and E. Peyton Tnrner, of Emporia, for plaintiff in error.
E. E. Eanes, of Emporia, and R. E. Booker and David M. White, both of Richmond, for defendant in error.
This action by notice of motion was brought by Margaret Daub against Weaver to recover for personal damages sustained by her while riding as guest in defendant's automobile.
The jury found for the plaintiff in the sum of $3,500. On motion of defendant, the court set aside the verdict on the ground that the evidence failed to show gross negligence on the part of the defendant, and entered judgment in his favor.
The sole assignment of error is the action of the court in setting aside the verdict of the jury.
In a written memorandum filled with the record, the Honorable Marshall R. Peterson has correctly set forth the following facts:
In the notice of motion there is no allegation that the defendant was either guilty of willful or wanton misconduct in the operation of the automobile. The sole right of...
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