Case Name: Talley v. Town of South Boston
Court: Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1924-04-10
Citations: 138 Va. 849
Docket Number: 
Parties: Talley v. Town of South Boston.
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Reports
Volume: 138
Pages: 849–849

Head Matter:
Richmond.
Talley v. Town of South Boston.
April 10, 1924.
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Halifax county.
Reversed.
William Leigh, Jr., and Volney E. Howard, for the plaintiff in error.
Jas. S. Easley and Frank L. McKinney, for the defendant in error.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This case involves the jurisdiction of the mayor of the town of South Boston over offenses committed more than one mile beyond the corporate limits of the town. This question was settled adversely to the claim of the mayor of said town in the cases of Jordan v. South Boston, Gerst v. Commonwealth ex rel South Boston, and Banks v. Commonwealth ex rel South Boston, ante page 838, 122 S. E. 265, decided at this term of the court For the.reasons stated in the opinion delivered in those cases, the judgment of the Circuit Court of Halifax county in this case will be reversed, the verdict of the jury set aside, and the case dismissed at the costs of the town of South Boston.
Reversed.