Forbes & Allers v. Hagman
Supreme Court of Virginia
These were two actions in the circuit court of Henrico, for malicious and false imprisonment, one of them brought hy Joseph Hagman against James S. Forbes and John A. Allers, and the other by Frederick Graviller against the same defendants. The facts in both cases are the same, and arose out of the same transaction.
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These were two actions in the circuit court of Henrico, for malicious and false imprisonment, one of them brought hy Joseph Hagman against James S. Forbes and John A. Allers, and the other by Frederick Graviller against the same defendants. The facts in both cases are the same, and arose out of the same transaction. The plaintiffs, who had lived in Washington city for years, were joint contractors with the United States government for building a brick wall around' the national cemetery at Seven Pines, near the city of Richmond, with iron gates, as specified; and the defendants were partners…
1Opinion of the CourtBurks, J.
The cause of action and the questions to be decided in ■each of these cases are precisely the same. They were *177argued as one cause, and will be so considered and disposed of in this opinion.
If there was no error in any of the other rulings complained of, I am decidedly of opinion that there was none in the refusal of the court to set aside the verdict of the jury and grant the defendants a new trial. Through their agent, David Mann, and on his affidavit, they procured from a justice of the peace an order to hold each of the plaintiffs to bail in the sum of $800 for an alleged debt of about…
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