Legal Opinion
Bain v. Phillips
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 8, 1976No. Record 751031PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
In this malicious prosecution action stemming from a layman’s alleged wrongful criminal prosecution of another, we deal with the subject of probable cause for initiating the criminal proceedings.
Appellee Nelson S. Phillips, Jr., the plaintiff below, sued appellant Thomas A. Bain, III, and John F. Batte, Jr. and R. Bolling Batte, the defendants below, for compensatory and punitive damages alleging Bain wrongfully initiated criminal prosecutions in Amelia and Louisa counties charging Phillips with violations of the so-called fictitious name statutes, note 2 infra. During the jury trial and…
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