Legal Opinion
Batten v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided November 21, 1949No. Record 3584PublishedCited by 9 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
On Sunday, November 9, 1947, about 8 o’clock in the evening, Marion Piercy Anderson entered the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Hospital, Clifton Forge, Virginia, asked for medical aid and collapsed. When a physician' arrived, he- was unconscious. Upon examination he was found to be suffering from two .32 calibre bullet wounds, one of which proved fatal. He died at 1:45 a. m., Saturday, November 15, 1947.
An autopsy disclosed that had he been operated upon his life could not have been saved. The fatal bullet hád pierced the abdominal cavity, severing and destroying beyond repair the blood vessels…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Compton v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1933
- Patterson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1912
3Cited by9 opinions
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