WHITE v. SANDS


90 S.E.2d 835 (1956)

197 Va. 617

Austin WHITE v. Mamie Nelson SANDS, Administratrix of the Estate of Lester Johnson Sands, Deceased.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

Rehearing Denied March 2, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joyce & Stone, Martinsville, for plaintiff in error.

Broaddus, Epperly & Broaddus, Martinsville, for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and EGGLSTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER and SMITH, JJ.


EGGLESTON, Justice.

Lester Johnson Sands, an employee of the State Highway Department, while in the performance of his duties in connection with the improvement of State Highway No. 220, in Henry county, was struck and killed by an automobile driven by Austin

White. Mamie Nelson Sands, administratrix of the estate of the decedent, filed an action for wrongful death against White. After a guardian ad litem had been appointed to defend the defendant, who was...

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