Legal Opinion
Bourne v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided September 21, 1922PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Kelly, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is. a proceeding by motion instituted by John W. Richardson against C. H. Bourne to recover damages for the alleged unlawful and malicious shooting of Richardson by Bourne. There was a verdict and judgment below for $3,000 in favor of the plaintiff, and the defendant assigns error.
The evidence was conflicting upon some material points, but as tending to support the verdict it may be fairly summarized as follows:
Bourne was a police officer in the city of Radford. Richardson was well known in that city, and bore the general reputation of being a…
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