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ELDER v. HOLLAND

155 S.E.2d 369 (1967)

208 Va. 15

L. T. ELDER v. R. H. HOLLAND.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 12, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. R. Ryder, Richmond, for plaintiff in error.

Richard L. Williams, Richmond (Alexander H. Slaughter, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C.J., and SPRATLEY, BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO and GORDON, JJ.

GORDON, Justice.

Elder brought this action against Holland for common law defamation and under the insulting-words statute (Va.Code Ann. § 8-630 (Repl. vol. 1957)). The trial court sustained Holland's demurrer to Elder's motion for judgment, and Elder now appeals.

Elder, a State police officer, was on special assignment to the Governor of Virginia during 1962. In March or April of that year, the Superintendent of the State Police received a complaint...

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