COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON


78 S.E.2d 690 (1953)

195 Va. 351

COMMONWEALTH ex rel. DAVIS et al. v. JOHNSON, Chief of Police.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

November 30, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Martin & Sons, M. Earl Woodhouse, Robert Lee Simpson, Virginia Beach, for plaintiff in error.

Richard B. Kellam, William L. Parker, Norfolk, for defendant in error.

Before HUDGINS, C. J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, MILLER, SMITH and WHITTLE, JJ.


HUDGINS, Chief Justice.

The same J. E. C. Davis and the thirteen other citizens of Princess Anne county who filed a complaint praying for the removal of C. Roger Malbon as sheriff of the county for neglect of official duty, filed a similar complaint in this case making the same charges against Reeves E. Johnson as chief of police of the city of Virginia Beach and praying that he be removed from office. This writ of error...

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