Legal Opinion
Banks v. Bradley
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 5, 1951No. Record No. 3796PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Miller, J.,
delivered the opinión of the court.
On June 5,1948, Joe Ben Bradley, a police officer of the town of Emporia, shot and killed Solomon Perry Banks. The homicide occurred about 2:30 o ’clock a. m. in the county of Greensville on State Route No. 614, two miles beyond the corporate limits of Emporia.
An action at law under section 8-633, Code, 1950, (sec. 5786, Code, 1942), was instituted by Banks’ administratrix against Bradley for the alleged wrongful killing of her intestate. Defendant Bradley asserted that the killing was in self-defense and the case was tried upon that dominant…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Sims v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1922
- Muscoe v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1890
- Wilson v. . MooresvilleSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1942
- Dodson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Hoambrecker v. City of LynchburgCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1992
- Parker v. McCoySupreme Court of Virginia · 1972
- Moore v. OliverDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1972
- Neiss v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1993
- Banks v. BradleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1951
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