Legal Opinion
Elder v. Holland
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 12, 1967No. Record 6438PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGordon, J.
Elder brought this action against Holland for common law defamation and under the insulting-words statute (Va. Code Ann. § 8-630 (Repl. vol. 1957)). The trial court sustained Holland’s demurrer to Elder’s motion for judgment, and Elder now appeals.
Elder, a State police officer, was on special assignment to the Governor of Virginia during 1962. In March or April of that year, the Superintendent of the State Police received a complaint that the State “had paid twice” for Elder’s transportation to Honolulu to attend a Governors Conference. The superintendent’s executive officer directed Holland,…
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