Legal Opinion

Lamb v. Clark

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 6, 1957No. Record 4697PublishedCited by 3 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtEggleston, J.

Code, § 46-420 empowers the Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles, after notice and a “due hearing,” to “suspend or revoke for not more than one year * * * the operator’s * * * license issued to any person under the provisions” of Chapter 6 of the Code of 1950 (§ 46-386 ff.), “whenever it is satisfactorily proved at the hearing * * * that the licensee under charges:

“ (4) Is habitually a reckless or negligent driver of a motor vehicle,
“(5) Has committed a serious violation of the motor vehicle laws of this State, * * * ”

Pursuant to Code, §46-421, as amended by Acts 1952, ch. 544, p.…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Lamb v. HillSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
  2. Lamb v. RubinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1957
  3. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Joyner v. ButlerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1950

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Harvell v. ScheidtSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1959
  2. Honeycutt v. ScheidtSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1961
  3. White v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962

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