Legal Opinion
Pike v. Eubank
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided January 16, 1956No. Record 4456PublishedCited by 46 opinions
The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
On January 16, 1954, about one o’clock a. m., while under arrest for a misdemeanor, George Lester Pike received painful lacerations, wounds and abrasions upon his head and face. He was at the first police station in the city of Richmond in the custody of police officers Walter E. Eubank and Walter S. Scott when he received the injuries. In his action for damages .filed against the officers, he charged them with assault and battery and alleged that the injuries had been wrongfully inflicted upon him by the defendants.
In their written answer and grounds of defense, both officers denied the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Green v. SmithSupreme Court of Virginia · 1930
- Bell v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
- Bly v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1944
- Burford v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1942
- Yeary v. HolbrookSupreme Court of Virginia · 1938
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.
3Cited by46 opinions
- McLenagan v. KarnesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
- Great Coastal Express, Inc. v. EllingtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1985
- Unus v. KaneCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2009
- Edson v. City of AnaheimCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998
- Smith v. New Dixie Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1959
41 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.