Category: Virginia Supreme Court Opinions

209 S.E.2d 904 CHARLES EDWARD CLATTERBUCK v. GEORGE F. MILLER. 43128 Record No. 740013.Supreme Court of Virginia. December 2, 1974 Present, All the Justices. Automobiles — Excessive Damages — Second Trial Awarded. At conclusion of testimony of plaintiff as to liability, court granted summary judgment as to liability and limited trial to question of damages. […]

111 S.E.2d 820 BILLIE HALBERT SATTERWHITE v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 41059 Record No. 5026.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 18, 1960 Present, Eggleston, C.J., and Spratley, Buchanan, Whittle, Snead and I’Anson, JJ. (1) Rape — Conviction Supported by Evidence. (2) Rape — Punishment Not Excessive. 1. Satterwhite was convicted of rape. He admitted that by calling […]

397 S.E.2d 856 EUGENE SINGLETON v. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS, DISTRICT 141, LOCAL LODGE NO. 1747, ET AL. 46450 Record No. 900142Supreme Court of Virginia. November 9, 1990 Present: All the Justices Since a Virginia right-to-work law, which forbids a union security agreement that requires a private employer at Washington National Airport to condition employment […]

12 S.E.2d 806 NORTH AMERICA MANAGERS, INC. v. SAMUEL A. REINACH. Supreme Court of Virginia. Richmond Record No. 2297. January 13, 1941. Present, Holt, Hudgins, Gregory, Browning and Eggleston, JJ. 1. CONTRACTS — Future Execution of Formal Contract — Where Letters Show Parties Are Agreed and Intend to Be Bound. — If letters which are […]

536 S.E.2d 905 GARY E. JEWEL v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. Record No. 992257.Supreme Court of Virginia. November 3, 2000. The defendant was convicted by a jury of two counts of grand larceny by false pretenses. The defendant appealed to the Court of Appeals, asserting that the trial court erred in allowing the Commonwealth to impeach […]

139 S.E.2d 806 ALLEN RANDOLPH McDANIEL, AN INFANT, ETC. v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY. 41618 Record No. 5814.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 18, 1965 Present, Eggleston, C.J., and Spratley, Buchanan, Snead, I’Anson and Carrico, JJ. (1) Uninsured Motorist Law — Service of Motion for Judgment on Plaintiff’s Carrier — Legal Effect Explained. (2) […]

17 S.E.2d 359 SCOTT H. BARBER, ADMR., ETC. v. TEXTILE MACHINE WORKS. 37871 Record No. 2414.Supreme Court of Virginia. November 24, 1941. Present, All the Justices. 1. AUTOMOBILES — Service of Process upon Nonresident — Evidence Showing Driver Was Agent of Foreign Corporation — Case at Bar. — The instant case was an action by […]

169 S.E.2d 556 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY v. CARLTON G. MASSEY, COUNTY EXECUTIVE OF FAIRFAX COUNTY. CITY OF FALLS CHURCH v. HARRY E. WELLS, CITY MANAGER OF THE CITY OF FALLS CHURCH. 42256 Record Nos. 7214 and 7215.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 5, 1969. Present, All the Justices. Original Petitions for Writs of […]

436 S.E.2d 433 RAYMOND MORRISSETTE v. PATRICIA S. McGINNISS, ET AL. 48852 Record No. 921868Supreme Court of Virginia. November 5, 1993 Present: Carrico, C.J., Compton, Stephenson, Whiting, Lacy and Keenan, JJ., and Harrison, Retired Justice The trial court did not err in denying mandamus and injunctive relief against a country board of supervisors in an […]

372 S.E.2d 144 BEACH ROBO, INC., ET AL. v. CROWN CENTRAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION 45757 Record No. 880047Supreme Court of Virginia. September 23, 1988 Present: All the Justices A dispositive question certified from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, involving the interpretation and application of the Virginia Petroleum Product Franchise Act, is […]

520 S.E.2d 164 VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY v. JAMES DUNGEE, A MINOR, ETC. Record No. 982485.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 17, 1999. Present: All the Justices. In a personal injury case in which a ten-year-old boy received severe burns after crawling through a fence into an electric power substation, in view of the evidence […]

299 S.E.2d 367 COMMUNITY MOTOR BUS COMPANY, INC. v. JOHN WINDLEY, JR. 44430 Record No. 800861.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 21, 1983 Present: All the Justices. Evidence insufficient as a matter of law to prove gross negligence under former Guest Statute (Code Sec. 8-646.1). (1) Negligence — Motor Vehicles — Liability for Death or Injury […]

403 S.E.2d 335 SYLVIA G. CARMEL v. CITY OF HAMPTON 46854 Record No. 901272Supreme Court of Virginia. April 19, 1991 Present: All the Justices Since the purported amendment to a city’s zoning ordinance was valid. the trial court’s dismissal of a declaratory judgment proceeding against the city is reversed and the case remanded. Zoning — […]

449 S.E.2d 55 MARILYN GIBSON KELLEY v. DAVID ALLEN KELLEY 49638 Record No. 931522Supreme Court of Virginia. September 16, 1994 Present: All the Justices The trial court’s holding that a provision of a property settlement agreement, which was ratified, affirmed and incorporated by reference into a divorce decree, is void because it involves the rights […]

50 S.E.2d 428 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS McMILLAN v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 38769 Record No. 3428.Supreme Court of Virginia. November 22, 1948 Present, All the Justices. 1. PANDERING — Sufficiency of Evidence — Case at Bar. — In the instant case, a prosecution for pandering, the girl in question testified that accused, an employee of a hotel, […]