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DAVIS v. HACKNEY

85 S.E.2d 245 (1955)

196 Va. 651

James A. DAVIS, Trading as Davis Motor Company, v. Clyde E. HACKNEY.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

January 17, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cutchins, Cutchins, Wallace & Kessler, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

Jones & Jones, Hopewell, for defendant in error.

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

WHITTLE, Justice.

We granted James A. Davis, trading as Davis Motor Company, a writ of error to a final judgment quashing the service of process on Clyde E. Hackney and the service of an attachment on his automobile and dismissing Davis' suit against him, on the ground that Hackney, a nonresident of the State of Virginia, and his property, were immune from the service of process and attachment while he was appearing as a witness in a criminal trial in this State,...

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