# Sykes v. Brown

> Supreme Court of Virginia · June 22, 1931 · 156 Va. 881

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6817713

## Case

- **Full name:** D. H. Sykes v. Jane Brown
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Virginia
- **Decided:** June 22, 1931
- **Citations:** 156 Va. 881; 159 S.E. 202; 1931 Va. LEXIS 240
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Prentiseres
- **Judges:** Campbell, Eres, Prentis
- **Cited by:** 16 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that in personal injury action, “[pjayment of the expense of treatment is not essential to a recovery. If plaintiff is liable for the debt incurred, that is all that is necessary.”

## Opinion text

Prentis, C. J., and Eres, J.,
dissenting:
We concur in the order of reversal, but dissent from the order remanding the case, because we think there was sufficient evidence to support the verdict of the jury in favor of the defendant on the first trial, and that judgment should have been entered thereon in favor of the defendant.

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