Dotson v. Commonwealth

66 S.E.2d 490 (1951)

191 Va. 565

DOTSON

v.

COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 5, 1951.

S. H. & Geo. C. Sutherland and B. F. Sutherland, all of Clintwood, for plaintiff in error.

Greear, Bowen, Mullins & Winston, Norton, for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.

BUCHANAN, Justice.

The Commonwealth's attorney of Dickenson county filed a petition in the circuit court of that county praying that a writ of quo warranto be awarded in the name of the Commonwealth against Joe G. Dotson, the appellant, to remove him from office as a…