Category: Virginia Supreme Court Opinions

606 S.E.2d 843 ROBERT J. ZELNICK v. JONATHAN RAY ADAMS. Record No. 040916.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 14, 2005. Present: Hassell, C.J., Keenan, Koontz, Kinser, Lemons, and Agee, JJ. When plaintiff was 16, his mother signed a contingency fee agreement with the defendant attorney for legal services on the plaintiff’s behalf in establishing his right […]

645 S.E.2d 278 WILLIAM D. SCOTT, ET AL. v. DONALD F. WALKER, ET AL. Record No. 061410.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 8, 2007. Present: All the Justices The plaintiff lot owners sued to enjoin defendants from leasing out their single-family dwelling in the same subdivision on a nightly or weekly basis, relying upon a restrictive […]

58 S.E.2d 288 JOE HENRY HAMPTON v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. FRANK HAIRSTON, JR. v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. BOOKER T. MILLNER v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. HOWARD HAIRSTON v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. FRANCIS DESALES GRAYSON v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. JOHN CLABON TAYLOR AND JAMES LUTHER HAIRSTON v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 38953 Records Nos. 3635-3640.Supreme Court of Virginia. […]

99 S.E.2d 529 EMORY C. RICE v. STANDARD PRODUCTS COMPANY, INCORPORATED. 39897 Record No. 4683.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 6, 1957 Present, All the Justices. (1) Pleading and Practice — Bill of Review — Purpose and Grounds Stated. (2) Pleading and Practice — Bill in Equity — Demurrer Properly Sustained. (3) Pleading and Practice — […]

170 S.E.2d 774 LESLIE BAZEMORE v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 42277 Record No. 7075.Supreme Court of Virginia. December 1, 1969 Present, All the Justices. (1) Robbery — Possession of Stolen Goods. (2) Criminal Procedure — Robbery — Larceny as Included Offense. 1. Mere possession of recently stolen goods even if unexplained or falsely denied is not […]

677 S.E.2d 39 LINDA BELL, ET AL. v. N. LESLIE SAUNDERS, JR., ESQ., PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE, EXECUTOR, ADMINISTRATOR, AND TRUSTEE OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD J. BELL, SR. Record No. 080599.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 4, 2009. Present: All the Justices. A daughter-in-law and grandson brought a declaratory action against the attorney serving as executor and […]

491 S.E.2d 718 CARLOTTA JURY v. GIANT OF MARYLAND, INC, ET AL. Record No. 962341Supreme Court of Virginia. September 12, 1997 Present: Carrico, C.J., Compton, Stephenson,[*] Lacy, Hassell, Keenan, and Koontz, JJ. [*] Justice Stephenson participated in the hearing and decision of this case prior to the effective date of his retirement on July 1, […]

389 S.E.2d 453 CLARENCE C. MOORE v. ELVERTHA D. GILLIS 46226 Record No. 890277Supreme Court of Virginia. March 2, 1990 Present: All the Justices A second motion for judgment, filed before a non-suit was taken in an action previously filed, was not foreclosed and the trial court’s ruling to the contrary is reversed. Practice and […]

35 S.E.2d 393 RALPH A. PICCOLO AND MICHELE PICCOLO, INDIVIDUALLY AND TRADING AS DANDY POULTRY COMPANY v. A. J. WOODFORD, ADMINISTRATOR, ETC. 38371 Record No. 2971.Supreme Court of Virginia. October 8, 1945. Present, All the Justices. 1. AUTOMOBILES — Action for Death of Infant Struck by Truck — Sufficiency of Evidence to Sustain Verdict — […]

477 S.E.2d 510 BELINDA H. LAWSON v. ROBERT W. ELKINS, M.D. Record No. 960473Supreme Court of Virginia. November 1, 1996 Present: All the Justices In this medical negligence action, the trial court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to permit a physician to testify as an expert witness and the judgment of the trial […]

225 S.E.2d 870 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION v. LUCKY STORES, INC. 43393 Record No. 750775.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 11, 1976 Present, All the Justices. (1) Taxation — Multistate Operation — Presumption — Level of Proof. (2) Multistate Operations — Unitary Business — Separate Accounting. (3) Constitutional Law — Income Reasonably Attributable to […]

232 S.E.2d 778 PHILIP B. REID v. MARGARET HICKS BAUMGARDNER. 43494 Record No. 760368.Supreme Court of Virginia. March 4, 1977 Present, All the Justices. (1) Automobiles — Pleading and Practice — Closing Argument on Damages. (2) Pleading and Practice — Improper Argument Not Invited. (3) Pleading and Practice — Grounds of Objection. (4) Pleading and […]

205 S.E.2d 634 FREDERICK T. WYNNE, T/A, ETC. v. FRANK WILLIAM SPAINHOUR, JR. 43058 Record No. 730802.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 10, 1974 Present, All the Justices. Negligence — Invitee — Open and Obvious Icy Spots. Customer as invitee is owed duty of ordinary care and warning of hidden dangers. Scraping snow from parking lot […]

7 S.E.2d 143 W. D. POWELL v. CRADDOCK-TERRY COMPANY, ET ALS. 37638 Record No. 2152Supreme Court of Virginia. February 26, 1940 Present, All the Justices 1. STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS — Dividends — All Shares Ordinarily Stand on Same Footing. — Ordinarily the shares of the general stock of a corporation, which is the division of […]

591 S.E.2d 694 ROBERT MICHAEL McMINN v. SCOTT CHRISTOPHER ROUNDS, ET AL. Record No. 030286.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 16, 2004. Present: Hassell, C.J., Lacy, Keenan, Kinser, Lemons, and Agee, JJ., and Compton, S.J. Plaintiff sued for assault arising out of an altercation he had with a bartender at a restaurant. At the trial, the […]

181 S.E.2d 486 JOSEPH LINWOOD SUTTON, JR. v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 42504 Record No. 7447.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 14, 1971 Present, Snead, C.J., I’Anson, Gordon, Harrison, Cochran and Harman, JJ. Appeal — Sufficiency of Evidence. Examination of record shows evidence sufficient to sustain conviction of statutory burglary. Error to a judgment of the Hustings […]

156 S.E.2d 624 WILLIAM CLIFTON GREGORY v. C. C. PEYTON, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY. 41985 Record No. 6433.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 8, 1967 Present, All the Justices. (1) Juvenile Courts — Guardian ad Litem — Jurisdictional. (2) Criminal Procedure — New Proceedings After Juvenile Becomes of Age. 1. When sixteen years of […]