Legal Opinion

Ward v. Reasor

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided June 28, 1900PublishedCited by 4 opinions

Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lee county, rendered November 15, 1898, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the plaintiff in error was the plaintiff, and the defendant in error was the defendant.

1Opinion of the CourtCardwell, J.

This is a writ of error awarded the plaintiff in error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Lee county, rendered against fiim on behalf of the defendant in error in an action for malicious prosecution.

The sole question for decision is whether or not the court below erred in sustaining the defendant in error’s demurrer to the declaration filed by the plaintiff in error.

There are two counts in the declaration, and it appears that the defendant in error on the-day of-:-, 1898, caused to be issued by one J. D. Ollinger, one of the justices of the peace in and for the county of Lee, a warrant,,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Scott v. ShelorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1877
  2. Wolverton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1881
  3. Jones v. FinchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1887
  4. Womack v. CircleSupreme Court of Virginia · 1879

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Graves v. ScottSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
  2. Neff v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2002
  3. Waldron v. SperryWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1903
  4. Quillian & Bros. v. Wales Adding Machine Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1925

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