Legal Opinion

Singer Manufacturing Co. v. Bryant

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 14, 1906PublishedCited by 19 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Roanoke in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the plaintiff. Defendants assign error.

1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.

This writ of error brings under review the judgment of the Circuit Court of the city of Boanoke, upon a verdict of a jury for $5,000, in an action brought by defendant in error against plaintiffs in error to recover damages for an alleged malicious prosecution, charging defendant in error, as agent at Boanoke, Virginia, of the Singer Manufacturing Company, with the embezzlement of certain moneys, the property of his principal.

Bryant, the defendant in error, had been for many years the agent of the Singer Manufacturing Company, his first employment being at ISTorfolk, Va., in 1880, where he…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Smith v. WunderlichIllinois Supreme Court · 1873
  2. Chicago City Railway Co. v. HenryIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
  3. Harman v. CundiffSupreme Court of Virginia · 1886
  4. Toledo, Wabash Western Railway Co. v. SmithIllinois Supreme Court · 1871
  5. Winemiller v. ThrashIndiana Supreme Court · 1890

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Woodhouse v. Woodhouse Et Ux.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1925
  2. McLaughlin v. SiegelSupreme Court of Virginia · 1936
  3. Dunaway v. TrouttSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1960
  4. Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. KlaffSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
  5. Sordelett v. MercerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1946

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