128 S.E.2d 263 BAYSIDE CORPORATION v. VIRGINIA SUPER FOOD FAIR STORES, INC. 41406 Record No. 5504.Supreme Court of Virginia. December 3, 1962 Present, All the Justices. Real Property — Covenant in Lease Restricting Use — Held Reasonable and Binding. Bayside, developer of a new shopping center, leased a portion of the area to Food Fair […]
Category: Virginia Supreme Court Opinions
ROANOKE GAS CO. v. COMMONWEALTH, 217 Va. 850 (1977)
234 S.E.2d 302 ROANOKE GAS COMPANY v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION. 43506 Record No. 760982.Supreme Court of Virginia. April 22, 1977 Present, I’Anson, C.J., Carrico, Harrison, Cochran, Poff and Compton, JJ. Corporation Commission — Public Service Company — Contracts With Affiliates. Acquisition of stock of affiliate by public service company requires approval of […]
HIATT v. TOMPKINS, 176 Va. 82 (1940)
10 S.E.2d 489 HENRY HIATT ET AL. v. S.W. TOMPKINS. Supreme Court of Virginia. Staunton Record No. 2284. September 5, 1940. Present, All the Justices. 1. SUMMONS AND PROCESS — Validity — Failure of Clerk to Sign — Case at Bar. — In the instant case, a suit to subject land to the payment of […]
GLENS FALLS IND. CO. v. WALL, 163 Va. 635 (1934)
177 S.E. 901 GLENS FALLS INDEMNITY COMPANY v. MARY JOSEPHINE WALL, ET ALS. 36803Supreme Court of Virginia. November 15, 1934 Present, Campbell, C.J., and Holt, Epes, Hudgins, Gregory and Browning, JJ. 1. EXECUTORS AND ADMINISTRATORS — Appointment of Debtor as Executor — Rule at Common Law — Section 5377 of the Code of 1930. — […]
STRAUSS v. PRINCESS ANNE MARINE, 209 Va. 217 (1968)
163 S.E.2d 198 LAVERNE T. MOTKO STRAUSS v. PRINCESS ANNE MARINE AND BULKHEADING COMPANY, INC., ET AL. AMERICAN ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION v. LAVERNE T. MOTKO STRAUSS, ET AL. 42117 Record Nos. 6738 and 6739.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 6, 1968. Present, All the Justices. (1) Pleading and Practice — New Issue on Appeal. (2) Mechanic’s Lien […]
APPLIANCE COMPANY v. HARRINGTON, 201 Va. 109 (1959)
109 S.E.2d 126 CERTIFIED T. V. AND APPLIANCE COMPANY, INCORPORATED v. CATHERINE HARRINGTON. 41007 Record No. 4955.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 22, 1959 Present, All the Justices. (1) and (2) Negligence — Negligence of Independent Contractor — Held No Defense to Owner. (3) Damages — Personal Injury Cases — Mathematical Calculation Improper. (4) Negligence — […]
CITY OF RICHMOND v. McKENNY, 194 Va. 427 (1952)
73 S.E.2d 414 CITY OF RICHMOND, AND OTHERS v. EILEEN McKENNY, AND OTHERS. 39318 Record No. 3955.Supreme Court of Virginia. December 1, 1952 Present, Hudgins, C.J., and Eggleston, Spratley, Buchanan, Smith and Whittle, JJ. (1) Taxation — Payment — Between Life Tenant and Remainderman. (2) Taxation — Assessments — Invalid — Contestants Must Be Prejudiced. […]
DREHER v. BUDGET RENT-A-CAR SYSTEM, INC., 272 Va. 390 (2006)
634 S.E.2d 324 SHERMAN DREHER, ET AL. v. BUDGET RENT-A-CAR SYSTEM, INC., ET AL. Record No. 052508.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 15, 2006. Present: Hassell, C.J., Lacy, Koontz, Kinser, Lemons, and Agee, JJ., and Russell, S.J. Plaintiffs, husband and wife, suffered personal injuries in an accident in Virginia with a person who, pursuant to a […]
SANTMIER v. COMMONWEALTH, 217 Va. 318 (1976)
228 S.E.2d 681 PHILLIP MARSHALL SANTMIER v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 43421 Record No. 760106.Supreme Court of Virginia. October 8, 1976 Present, I’Anson, C.J., Carrico, Harrison, Cochran, Harman and Poff, JJ. (1) Drugs — Credibility — Prior Conviction. (2) Criminal Procedure — Instruction — Incomplete Statement of the Law. 1. By stating on direct examination “I […]
WHITE v. SCHWARTZ, 196 Va. 316 (1954)
83 S.E.2d 376 E. T. WHITE, CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT OF NORFOLK COUNTY v. SAM SCHWARTZ, ET AL. 39525 Record No. 4249.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 8, 1954 Present, Hudgins, C.J and Spratley, Buchanan, Miller, Smith and Whittle, JJ. (1) Taxation — Deeds of Trust Supplemental to Loan Agreement — Exempt from Recordation Tax. […]
VA. PHYSICAL THERAPY v. VA. BD. OF MED., 245 Va. 125 (1993)
427 S.E.2d 183 VIRGINIA PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSOCIATION, ET AL. v. VIRGINIA BOARD OF MEDICINE 48418 Record No. 920097Supreme Court of Virginia. February 26, 1993 Present: Carrico, C.J., Compton, Stephenson, Whiting, Lacy, and Hassell, JJ., and Poff, Senior Justice The Court of Appeals did not err in holding that the circuit court lacked subject matter jurisdiction […]
UNITED DENTISTS v. COMMONWEALTH, 162 Va. 347 (1934)
173 S.E. 508 UNITED DENTISTS, INCORPORATED v. COMMONWEALTH 36718Supreme Court of Virginia. March 22, 1934 Present, All the Justices 1. APPEAL AND ERROR — Writ of Error Improvidently Awarded — Moot Question — Case at Bar. — In the instant case there was a motion to dismiss the writ of error, on the ground that […]
ROANOKE HOSPITAL v. DOYLE AND RUSSELL, 215 Va. 796 (1975)
214 S.E.2d 155 ROANOKE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION v. DOYLE AND RUSSELL, INC., ET AL. 43202 Record No. 740212.Supreme Court of Virginia. April 28, 1975 Present, Carrico, Harrison, Cochran, Harman, Poff and Compton, JJ. (1) Contracts — Damages — Direct — Consequential — Contemplation of Parties. (2) Damages — Construction Delay — Added Interest — Revenue Lost. […]
COLLEY v. COLLEY, 204 Va. 225 (1963)
129 S.E.2d 630 CATHERINE ANN COLLEY v. DAVID LEONARD COLLEY. 204031 Record No. 5533.Supreme Court of Virginia. March 4, 1963 Present, All the Justices. (1) and (2) Divorce — Venue — Place of Last Cohabitation Defined. 1. The provision of Code 1950, section 20-98 that a suit for divorce shall be brought in the county […]
WOODWARD v. STAUNTON, 161 Va. 671 (1933)
171 S.E. 590 MARY F. WOODWARD v. CITY OF STAUNTON 36651Supreme Court of Virginia. November 16, 1933 Present, Campbell, C.J., and Holt, Epes, Hudgins, Gregory and Browning, JJ. 1. TAXATION — Necessity of Legislative Authority. — No tax is valid unless it be supported by express legislative authority. 2. TAXATION — Necessity of Legislative Authority. […]
SHAW v. TITAN CORPORATION, 255 Va. 535 (1998)
498 S.E.2d 696 DONALD P. SHAW v. TITAN CORPORATION, ET AL. Record No. 971921Supreme Court of Virginia. April 17, 1998 Present: All the Justices Upon two questions of Virginia Law certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the first question concerning adequacy of jury instructions given on the issue of […]
WATERMAN v. COMMONWEALTH, 169 Va. 852 (1937)
192 S.E. 699 CAM WATERMAN v. COMMONWEALTH. 37329Supreme Court of Virginia. September 23, 1937 Present, Campbell, C.J., and Holt, Hudgins, Gregory, Eggleston and Spratley, JJ. MAYHEM — Malicious Shooting — Circumstantial Evidence — Sufficiency to Sustain Conviction — Case at Bar. — In the instant case, a prosecution for malicious shooting, the evidence showed that […]
NAACP v. COMMITTEE, 199 Va. 665 (1958)
101 S.E.2d 631 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, INCORPORATED, ET AL. v. COMMITTEE ON THE OFFENSES AGAINST THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE. 39933 Record No. 4750.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 20, 1958 Present, All the Justices. (1) Legislative Committees — Subpoena to Produce Documents Before — Court Held to Have Jurisdiction to Issue. […]
BROWN v. BROWN, 183 Va. 353 (1944)
32 S.E.2d 79 JACQUELINE BRENDA BROWN, AN INFANT UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE YEARS WHO SUES BY MINNIE A. LAYNE, NEXT FRIEND v. JACOB BROWN. 38264 Record No. 2836.Supreme Court of Virginia. November 20, 1944. Present, All the Justices. 1. BASTARDY — Support — Duty of Father. — Under the laws of Virginia there is […]
KILBOURNE v. KILBOURNE, 165 Va. 87 (1935)
181 S.E. 351 LILLIAN RUTH TREADWAY KILBOURNE v. JOHN KILBOURNE 36938Supreme Court of Virginia. September 19, 1935 Present, All the Justices. INFANTS — Suit to Annul Marriage — Remand of Cause Not Proceeded in by Next Friend — Case at Bar. — In the instant case, a suit by an infant seeking to annul her […]