Bolton v. Vellines
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judment of the Court of Law and Chancery of the city of Norfolk, rendered April 19, 1895, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiffs in error were the defendants. This was an action of trespass on the case to recover damages for the false imprisonment of the plaintiff under an order of the defendants, who constituted a majority of the board of police commissioners of the city of Norfolk.
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Error to a judment of the Court of Law and Chancery of the city of Norfolk, rendered April 19, 1895, in an action of trespass on the case, wherein the defendant in error was the plaintiff, and the plaintiffs in error were the defendants. This was an action of trespass on the case to recover damages for the false imprisonment of the plaintiff under an order of the defendants, who constituted a majority of the board of police commissioners of the city of Norfolk. The order under u hich the arrest was made is copied in the opinion of the court. The defendants craved oyer of the order, and…
1Opinion of the Court
Keith, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
John T. Bolton and C. E. Yerdier, styling themselves police commissioners, on the 18th day of August, 1891, addressed the following letter to Captain C. J. Ireaell, Chief of Police, Norfolk, va.:
“Dear Str, —The Board of Police Comimssioners are in*398formed that Mr. M. J. Vellines, ex-captain of police, has been seen on the streets and has been at police headquarters in the uniform of captain of police, as he claimed.that he is such. This action on his part is contrary to the laws and ordinances bearing on the same, and inasmuch as the board is also…
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