HEREFORD v. PAYTES

Record No. 810590.

311 S.E.2d 790 (1984)

Frank L. HEREFORD, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Marguerite A. Hereford, Deceased v. Norman Ray PAYTES, Jr.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Sanderlin, Richmond (Jay T. Swett, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

S. Page Higginbotham, Orange, Mark S. Gardner, Spotsylvania (Higginbotham & Higginbotham, Orange, Gardner & Maupin, Spotsylvania, on brief), for appellee.

Before CARRICO, C.J., and COCHRAN, POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ.


RUSSELL, Justice.

In this appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff in an action for personal injuries against a decedent's estate, we must determine whether the testimony of the surviving plaintiff was corroborated as required by Code § 8.01-397.

A collision occurred on Route 20 in Orange County, on January 1, 1980, between vehicles driven by Marguerite Hereford and by Norman Ray Paytes, Jr. Miss Hereford was killed and Mr. Paytes was seriously injured...

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