Legal Opinion

Miller v. Harless

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 19, 1929PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtPrentis, C. J.

The defendants in the trial court are here complaining of a judgment against them in favor of Quinn iVL Harless, in an action for an alleged false arrest. In order to comprehend the legal questions involved, it is necessary to state in some detail the substance of the testimony relied upon by both the plaintiff and the defendants, because one of the assignments of error is that nearly all of that offered for the defendants was excluded.

This is the substance of the testimony relied upon by the plaintiff: Quinn M. Harless, at the time of the arrest seventeen years old, and John Hawley, at that…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Beckwith v. BeanSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
  2. George v. PilcherSupreme Court of Virginia · 1877
  3. Reynolds v. Richmond & Manchester Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1895
  4. Woods v. ThrowerSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1921
  5. Henderson v. CommonwealthGeneral Court of Virginia · 1852

3Cited by19 opinions

  1. State v. OcheltreeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
  2. Taylor v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1991
  3. Johnson v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1972
  4. Redd v. IngramSupreme Court of Virginia · 1967
  5. Bausell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1935

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