200 S.E.2d 556 NATHANIEL WHALEY v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 42973 Record Nos. 8, 77 and 8278.Supreme Court of Virginia. November 26, 1973 Present, All the Justices. (1) Criminal Procedure — Instruction — Presumption of Innocence. (2) Criminal Procedure — Rape — Evidence — Chain of Possession — Connection With Rape. (3) Criminal Procedure — Instruction […]
Category: Virginia Supreme Court Opinions
FALLS CHURCH v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, 193 Va. 112 (1951)
68 S.E.2d 96 CITY OF FALLS CHURCH v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF FAIRFAX COUNTY, ET AL. 39178 Record No. 3826.Supreme Court of Virginia. December 3, 1951 Present, All the Justices. (1) Municipal Corporations — Enlargement of Corporate Bounds — Evidence — Community of Interest. (2) Municipal Corporations — Enlargement of Corporate Bounds — Evidence — […]
RUDDOCK v. CITY OF RICHMOND, 165 Va. 552 (1935)
183 S.E. 513 A. B. RUDDOCK v. CITY OF RICHMOND 36985Supreme Court of Virginia. January 17, 1935 Reheard January 16, 1936 Present, All the Justices. 1. EMINENT DOMAIN — Navigable Waters — Acquiring Land to Improve Navigation — Delegation of Power by City Council to City Attorney — Case at Bar. — In the instant […]
TRAN v. GWINN, 262 Va. 572 (2001)
554 S.E.2d 63 THANH VAN TRAN v. JANE W. GWINN, FAIRFAX COUNTY ZONING ADMINISTRATOR. Record No. 002810.Supreme Court of Virginia. November 2, 2001. Present: All the Justices. Plaintiff, a Buddhist monk and president of a Buddhist association, owns a parcel of land located in a residential conservation district containing a single-family dwelling and a detached […]
GAUT v. PYLES, 212 Va. 39 (1971)
181 S.E.2d 645 JOHN W. GAUT v. LEWIS C. PYLES. 42520 Record No. 7416.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 14, 1971 Present, Snead, C.J., I’Anson, Gordon, Harrison, Cochran and Harman, JJ. (1) Malicious Prosecution — Burden of Proof. (2) Malicious Prosecution — Probable Cause — Jury Question. (3) Malicious Prosecution — Compensatory Damages. (4) Malicious Prosecution […]
DART DRUG v. NICHOLAKOS, 221 Va. 989 (1981)
277 S.E.2d 155 DART DRUG CORPORATION, VIRGINIA v. DEMETRIOS NICHOLAKOS, ET AL., ETC. 44090 Record No. 790194.Supreme Court of Virginia. April 24, 1981 Present: All the Justices. Lease to tenant of shopping center construed to permit reasonable expansion of shopping center by lessor subject to obtaining lessee’s consent which cannot be withheld unreasonably; principles of […]
BANK OF THE COMMONWEALTH v. HUDSPETH, 282 Va. 216 (2011)
BANK OF THE COMMONWEALTH v. ROGER O. HUDSPETH. Record No. 101120.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 16, 2011. Present: Kinsei, C.J., Lemons, Goodwyn, Millette, and Mims, JJ. Plaintiff was hired by the defendant bank as a vice president with responsibility for investments and sales. After he was terminated approximately two years later, he brought this suit […]
SOUTHERN RY. CO. v. WILSON, 196 Va. 883 (1955)
86 S.E.2d 53 SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. DONALD C. WILSON. 39584 Record No. 4343.Supreme Court of Virginia. March 7, 1955 Present, All the Justices. (1) Railroads — Permissive Ordinance on Crossing Signals — Comparative Negligence Rule Inapplicable. (2) Railroads — Crossing Accident — Plaintiff Truck Driver Contributorily Negligent. 1. Where a city’s ordinances concerning railroad […]
FARMER v. MARINE CENTER, INC., 206 Va. 737 (1966)
146 S.E.2d 265 FREDA FARMER v. VALLEY MARINE CENTER, INC. 41779 Record No. 6060.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 17, 1966 Present, All the Justices. (1) Automobiles — Intersection Collision — Case Properly Left to Jury. (2) Automobiles — Right of Way at Intersection — Instruction Held Erroneous. 1. Plaintiff Valley Marine Center’s automobile, driven by […]
NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING DRYDOCK v. SCOVEL, 240 Va. 472 (1990)
397 S.E.2d 884 NORFOLK SHIPBUILDING DRYDOCK COMPANY, INC. v. JOSEPH PIERRE RENE SCOVEL 46461 Record No. 900325Supreme Court of Virginia. November 9, 1990 Present: Carrico, C.J., Compton, Stephenson, Whiting, Lacy, and Hassell, JJ., and Poff, Senior Justice The trial court erred in overruling defendant’s motions to strike the plaintiffs evidence, based on the mistaken conclusion […]
ROBERTSON v. COMMONWEALTH, 168 Va. 752 (1937)
191 S.E. 773 F. A. ROBERTSON v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA 37257Supreme Court of Virginia. June 10, 1937 Present, All the Justices. 1. FOOD AND FOOD PRODUCTS — Manufacture of Ice Cream — Section 1215 of the Code of 1936 — Freezing Prepared Mixture in Counter Freezer — Case at Bar. — In the instant case, […]
MANN v. CRENSHAW CO., 158 Va. 193 (1932)
163 S.E. 375 GEORGE E. MANN v. W. C. CRENSHAW AND COMPANY, INCORPORATED 36353Supreme Court of Virginia. March 24, 1932 Present, Campbell, C.J., and Holt, Epes, Hudgins and Browning, JJ. 1. FACTORS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS — “Guaranteed Advance” — Testimony as to Meaning of Words — Meaning a Question for Jury — Case at Bar. […]
LINVILLE v. SERVISOFT OF VIRGINIA, 211 Va. 53 (1970)
174 S.E.2d 785 ROBERT W. LINVILLE v. SERVISOFT OF VIRGINIA, INCORPORATED. 42361 Record No. 7366.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 15, 1970 Present, All the Justices. Contracts — Restraint of Trade — Narrow Construction. Employment contract provided that while employed employee would not engage in any competitive business and that after employment was terminated employee would […]
HAUGEN v. SHENANDOAH VALLEY DEPT., 274 Va. 27 (2007)
645 S.E.2d 261 TRACY HAUGEN v. SHENANDOAH VALLEY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES. Record No. 060869.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 8, 2007. Present: All the Justices A department of social services filed petitions for termination of residual parental rights of a child’s unmarried parents, who had been convicted of numerous federal crimes related to the distribution […]
COPELAND v. TODD, 282 Va. 183 (2011)
LUCRETIA PUTNAM COPELAND v. LESLIE TODD. Record No. 100929.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 16, 2011. Present: Kinser, C.J., Lemons, Goodwyn, Millette, and Mims, JJ. While in jail, a woman gave birth to a child whose father is unknown. The mother agreed that a jail minister and her friend (the present petitioner) would take temporary custody […]
FINK v. GAS AND OIL COMPANY, 203 Va. 86 (1961)
122 S.E.2d 539 JAMES C. FINK v. HIGGINS GAS AND OIL COMPANY, INC. 41282 Record No. 5340.Supreme Court of Virginia. November 27, 1961 Present, All the Justices. (1) Evidence — Letter to Attending Doctor from Consulting Physician — Inadmissible as Hearsay. (2) Pleading and Practice — Reopening of Case — Refusal Held Reversible Error. 1. […]
NUCKOLS v. NUCKOLS, 228 Va. 25 (1984)
320 S.E.2d 734 ERNEST B. NUCKOLS, JR., ET AL. v. ELEANOR S. NUCKOLS, ETC. 44678 Record No. 820968.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 7, 1984 Present: All the Justices. Complainants, seeking rescission of deeds on grounds of constructive fraud, fail to raise presumption shifting burden of proof to defendants; case remanded for retrial with burden of […]
BERRYMAN v. MOODY, 205 Va. 516 (1964)
137 S.E.2d 900 BETTY B. BERRYMAN, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF RAY ASTON BERRYMAN v. JAMES MOODY, ET AL. 41575 Record No. 5757.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 11, 1964 Present, All the Justices. Pleading and Practice — Nonsuit — May be Taken Before Court Rules on Motion to Strike. Plaintiff as administratrix sued for the […]
WOODEN v. COMMONWEALTH, 208 Va. 629 (1968)
159 S.E.2d 623 BAKER JUNIOR WOODEN v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 42054 Record No. 6573.Supreme Court of Virginia. March 4, 1968 Present, Eggleston, C.J., Buchanan, Snead, I’Anson, Gordon and Harrison, JJ. (1) Criminal Procedure — Admission — Pre-Miranda. (2) Criminal Procedure — Murder — Instruction on Second Degree Murder. 1. Evidence placed defendant at scene of […]
SPADY v. FARMERS MERCHANTS BANK, 168 Va. 143 (1937)
190 S.E. 173 DENARD SPADY v. FARMERS AND MERCHANTS TRUST BANK 37201Supreme Court of Virginia. March 11, 1937 Present, Campbell, C.J., and Hudgins, Gregory, Browning, Eggleston and Spratley, JJ. 1. BANKS AND BANKING — Consolidation — Right of Consolidated Bank to Sue on Obligations of Directors of Merging Bank — Passing of Obligations as Assets […]