Category: Virginia Supreme Court Opinions

23 S.E.2d 784 JESSE L. MAUGHS v. CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE. Supreme Court of Virginia. Richmond Record No. 2645. January 18, 1943. CASE No. 1. LARCENY. Present, Campbell, C.J., and Hudgins, Gregory, Browning, Eggleston and Spratley, JJ. 1. VERDICT — Effect — On Conflicts in Evidence. — Where the jury renders a verdict against the accused, […]

73 S.E.2d 405 VIRGINIA TRANSIT COMPANY v. JEANETTE TIDD AND ANOTHER. 39317 Record No. 3985.Supreme Court of Virginia. December 1, 1952 Present, All the Justices. (1) Automobiles — Intersections — Bus Driver Failed to Keep Proper Lookout. (2) Carrier — Carriers of Passengers — Degree of Care Owed Passengers. (3) Automobiles — Emergency Vehicles — […]

42 S.E.2d 419 VIRGINIA INSURANCE RATING BUREAU v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, AT THE RELATION OF STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY. 38578 Record No. 3210.Supreme Court of Virginia. April 21, 1947 Present, Holt, C. J., and Hudgins, Gregory, Eggleston, Spratley and Buchanan, JJ. 1. PAYMENT — Mistake of Fact — Recovery. — A payment mistakenly […]

442 S.E.2d 660 ALVIN H. CARSTENSEN, ET AL. v. CHRISLAND CORPORATION, ET AL. 49260 Record No. 930650Supreme Court of Virginia. April 15, 1994 Present: All the Justices A finding that an easement of necessity and by contract exists over two residential lots in favor of a third is reversed, and the case is remanded. The […]

526 S.E.2d 4 REVOCOR CORPORATION v. COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER OF VIRGINIA. Record No. 990830.Supreme Court of Virginia. March 3, 2000. Present: Carrico, C.J., Compton,[1] Lacy, Hassell, Keenan, Koontz, and Kinser, JJ. [1] Justice Compton participated in the hearing and decision of this case prior to the effective date of his retirement on February 2, 2000. […]

142 S.E.2d 501 DOUGLAS JOHNSON v. COUNTY OF GOOCHLAND. 41713 Record No. 5983.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 14, 1965 Present, All the Justices. (1) and (2) Counties — License on Individual Trailer — Held Invalid. 1. For failure to pay the license tax of $50 imposed by an ordinance of Goochland county on his residence […]

181 S.E.2d 636 CLAUDE MABRY GARDNER, JR. v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 42534 Record No. 7432.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 14, 1971 Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Henrico County. Hon. Edmund W. Hening, Jr., judge presiding. Charles H. Winberg (Winberg and Proffit, on brief), for plaintiff in error. C. Tabor Cronk, Assistant […]

217 S.E.2d 844 CLIVE L. DUVAL, 2D, ET AL. v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY JAMES L. RIDGILL, JR. v. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC AND POWER COMPANY 43248 Record Nos. 750028 and 750132.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 5, 1975 Present, All the Justices. (1) Corporation Commission — Constitutional Law — Vagueness — “Emergency”. (2) Administrative Agency — […]

349 S.E.2d 101 APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY v. EARLINE VIRGINIA SANDERS PATRICK COUNTY-STUART CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INC. v. EARLINE VIRGINIA SANDERS, ET AL. 45175 Record No. 830435 Record No. 830436Supreme Court of Virginia. October 10, 1986 Present: All the Justices The judgment is affirmed, in part, where the lessee was properly charged with constructive knowledge of […]

135 S.E.2d 98 WILMER W. BROWN v. STATE MILK COMMISSION. 41503 Record No. 5711.Supreme Court of Virginia. March 9, 1964 Present, All the Justices. (1) Milk Commission — Denial of Distributor’s License — Adequacy of Present Service Not Proper Ground. (2) Milk Commission — Distributor’s License — Ownership of Facilities to Process Not Prerequisite. (3) […]

552 S.E.2d 61 THE LAMAR CORPORATION v. COMMONWEALTH TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONER OF VIRGINIA, ET AL. Record No. 002415.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 14, 2001. Present: All the Justices. For decades, certain landowners have leased a portion of their property to plaintiff corporation for display of a billboard. Plaintiff rents out the billboard space and installs advertising […]

53 S.E.2d 141 LAWRENCE DEAN AND FLOYD SHIFFLETT v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. 38850 Record No. 3513.Supreme Court of Virginia. April 18, 1949 Present, All the Justices. 1. INDICTMENTS, INFORMATIONS AND PRESENTMENTS — Requisites and Sufficiency of Charge — Indictment Should Include All Facts Necessary to Constitute Crime. — An indictment should state, with as much […]

327 S.E.2d 107 MILTON A. REID, ET AL. v. ULYSSES GHOLSON, ET AL. 44780 Record No. 840057Supreme Court of Virginia. at Richmond Decided March 8, 1985 Present: All the Justices Trial Court’s appointment of an observer to oversee elections of congregational church sustained since resolution of controversy required application of neutral due process principles and […]

367 S.E.2d 728 MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITALS AND THE EXECUTIVE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITALS v. JULIA K. TERZIS, M.D., A/K/A PHYSICIAN 392 45641 Record No. 860642Supreme Court of Virginia. April 22, 1988 Present: All the Justices A temporary injunction preventing defendant hospital from suspending the medical staff privileges of a surgeon is reversed, […]

45 S.E.2d 918 HERMAN FOSTER DAVIS v. LOUISE MADDUX DAVIS. 38651 Record No. 3279.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 12, 1948 Present, Hudgins, C. J., and Eggleston, Spratley, Staples and Miller, JJ. 1. DIVORCE — Desertion — Wife’s Correspondence with Another Which Had Been Discontinued — Case at Bar. — In the instant case, a suit […]

66 S.E.2d 559 FRED RONALD BOYD v. ROY BROWN, AN INFANT WHO SUED BY BESSIE BELL BROWN, HIS MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND. 39150 Record No. 3808.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 5, 1951 Present, Eggleston, Splatley, Buchanan, Smith and Whittle, JJ. (1) Witnesses — Defendant as Witness for Plaintiff — Extent to Which Plaintiff Bound by […]

96 S.E.2d 92 HALLIE GOAD REA, ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF LUTHER FRANKLIN REA, DECEASED v. WOODROW W. FORD. 39823 Record No. 4592.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 21, 1957 Present, Hudgins, C, J., and Eggleston, Spratley, Buchanan, Miller and Whittle, JJ, (1) and (2) Workmen’s Compensation — Award as Assignment of Action Against “Other Party” […]