Klaff v. Virginia Railway & Power Co.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Court of Law and Chancery of the city of Norfolk in an action of trespass on the case. Judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtWhittle, J.
This action was brought by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error to recover damages for a malicious prosecution. The declaration, upon the point involved, charges that the defendant maliciously and without any reasonable or probable cause instigated and procured the plaintiff to be indicted by the grand jury of the Corporation Court of the city of Norfolk for grand larceny, etc., and caused the plaintiff to be tried for that offense; and that upon the trial the plaintiff was acquitted and the prosecution finally ended.
The trial court sustained a demurrer to the declaration;…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Saunders v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Virginia · 1911
- Craft v. Moloney Belting Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1915
3Cited by6 opinions
- Clinchfield Coal Corp. v. ReddSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Virginia Railway & Power Co. v. KlaffSupreme Court of Virginia · 1918
- Ricketts v. J. G. McCrory Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1924
- Cramer v. CrutchfieldDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1980
- Alan Neff v. Commonwealth of VirginiaCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 2014
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