1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.E.2d
  4. 56 S.E.2d
  5. 56 S.E.2d 231 (1949)
 

BATTEN v. COMMONWEALTH

56 S.E.2d 231 (1949)

190 Va. 235

BATTEN v. COMMONWEALTH.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 21, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hale Collins, R. C. Stokes, Covington, for plaintiff in error.

J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., Attorney General, Henry T. Wickham, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Before GREGORY, EGGLESTON, SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, STAPLES and MILLER, JJ.

MILLER, Justice.

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...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases