Virginia Electric and Power Co. v. Vellines

Plaintiff, W. L. Vellines (defendant in error) is seeking to recover for damages to his automobile and for injuries to himself, sustained in a collision with one of the defendants street cars at what is known as the 8th street crossing on its line running from Ocean View to Willoughby Spit. The car company there operates a double track electric line which can be crossed in safety only at certain designated crossings. Its tracks run east and west, and on either side of them, eight and two-tenths feet distant, is a sixteen foot concrete road. The track along which the car came that did the damage is straight for 1000 feet. Plaintiff lived in that neighborhood and was familiar with the local situation. He came into the street on a lane from his home which intersected the highway 150 feet from 8th street, turned to his right, continued to the west until 8th street was reached, when he turned to his left and was struck in crossing the west-bound track.