Category: Virginia Supreme Court Opinions

275 S.E.2d 625 GOODVILLE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY v. JOANNE BORROR, ADMINISTRATRIX, ETC. 44086 Record No. 790057.Supreme Court of Virginia. March 6, 1981 Present: Carrico, C.J., Harrison, Cochran, Poff, Compton, and Thompson, JJ.[*] [*] Mr. Chief Justice I’Anson presided at the oral argument of this case but retired January 31, 1981. Double recovery under decedent’s uninsured […]

694 S.E.2d 621 ADVANCED TOWING COMPANY, LLC, ET AL. v. FAIRFAX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Record No. 091180.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 10, 2010. Present: Hassell, C.J., Koontz, Kinser, Lemons, Goodwyn, and Mims, JJ., and Russell, S.J. Under the authority of Code § 46.2-1232(A), permitting a local governing body to regulate the removal and storage […]

436 S.E.2d 439 GWENDOLYN S. REID v. RALPH LEE AYSCUE, ET AL. 48862 Record No. 930071Supreme Court of Virginia. November 5, 1993 Present: All the Justices The trial court properly held that the doctrine of collateral estoppel precluded further litigation between the parties on the issue of contributory negligence in an automobile accident, and that […]

173 S.E.2d 839 LEWIS J. NORTHROP v. EDMOND DUPONT, ET AL, INDIVIDUALLY AND PARTNERS T/A FRANCIS I. DUPONT CO. 42339 Record No. 7115.Supreme Court of Virginia. April 27, 1970 Present, All the Justices. (1) Securities Act — Registration — Exemption. (2) Securities Act — Duty of Broker. 1. Execution of unsolicited order for purchase of […]

156 S.E.2d 562 HOMER NEAL WRIGHT v. FRED B. TATE, JR., ADMINISTRATOR, ETC. 42001 Record No. 6459.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 8, 1967 Present, All the Justices. Automobiles — Contributory Negligence — Guest of Low Mentality — Standard of Care. Plaintiff’s decedent, age 22 and of low mentality but not insane, bound by standard of […]

148 S.E.2d 789 WILLIAM MASON BARNES, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF ANNIE BELLE BARNES, DECEASED, ET AL. v. CLARENCE ASA BARNES AND SARAH E. BEATLEY. 01017 Record No. 6227.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 13, 1966 Present, Eggleston, C.J., and Spratley, Snead, I’Anson, Carrico and Gordon, JJ. (1) Wills — Life Tenant and Remainderman — Transactions […]

31 S.E.2d 558 LUCILLE WHITE, GUARDIAN, ETC. v. MABEL G. WHITE. 38250 Record No. 2866.Supreme Court of Virginia. October 9, 1944. Present, All the Justices. 1. WILLS — Construction — When Will Is Clear and Unambiguous. — When the language of a will is clear and unambiguous, it needs no interpretation. It speaks for itself. […]

361 S.E.2d 125 GERALD EDWARD DESKINS v. T. H. NICHOLS LINE CONTRACTOR, INC., ET AL. 45474 Record No. 841507Supreme Court of Virginia. October 9, 1987 Present: All the Justices The trial court’s decision to set aside a jury award of damages for plaintiff in a vehicle negligence case and to enter final judgment for defendants […]

381 S.E.2d 3 THE LESTER GROUP, INC. v. LARRY K. LITTLE, ET AL. 46043 Record No. 870646Supreme Court of Virginia. June 9, 1989 Present: All the Justices Since valid title did not pass when certain real estate was mistakenly sold for delinquent taxes, trial court judgment in favor of the successor in title is reversed. […]

329 S.E.2d 48 JEWELL RIDGE COAL CORPORATION v. DR. TILLOU HENDERSON, ET AL. 44791 Record No. 840661 Record No. 840664Supreme Court of Virginia. at Richmond Decided April 26, 1985 Present: Carrico, C.J., Poff, Compton, Stephenson, Russell, Thomas, JJ., and Gordon, Retired Justice Two appeals dismissed as improvidently granted where no final award action had been […]

111 S.E.2d 410 BUCHANAN REALTY CORPORATION, ET AL. v. IDA LOONEY, ET AL. 41053 Record No. 5015.Supreme Court of Virginia. November 30, 1959 Present, Eggleston, C.J., and Spratley, Buchanan, Miller, Snead and I’Anson, JJ. (1) Real Estate — Disputed Claims of Ownership Settled. (2) Attorneys — Fees — Payment from Fund Approved. (3) Partition — […]

186 S.E.2d 80 TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, IN ITS OWE BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ALFRED W. SHELTON v. TIMOTHY J. LOBELLO AND GEORGE REGINALD COX. GEORGE REGINALD COX v. TIMOTHY J. LOBELLO, ALFRED W. SHELTON AND TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY. 42619 Record Nos. 7643 and 7644.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 17, 1972. Present, All the Justices. […]

178 S.E.2d 527 R. LEE PAGE v. HENRY G. LUHRING, SR., ETC. 42431 Record Nos. 7232 and 7233.Supreme Court of Virginia. January 18, 1971 Present, Snead, C.J., I’Anson, Gordon, Harrison, Cochran and Harman, JJ. (1) Real Property — Ownership. (2) Pleading and Practice — Appeal Improvidently Awarded. (3) Real Property — Writ of Possession. (4) […]

381 S.E.2d 215 JACK E. RINKER, ET AL. v. CITY OF FAIRFAX, ET AL. 46040 Record No. 870500Supreme Court of Virginia. June 9, 1989 Present: All the Justices In this land use controversy involving conditional zoning, because the trial court erred in sustaining the demurrer and incorrectly determined that the exhaustion of administrative remedies doctrine […]

495 S.E.2d 813 LORI ANN SUPINGER v. GLORIA STAKES Record No. 970423Supreme Court of Virginia. January 9, 1998 Present: All the Justices Because the additur provisions of Code § 8.01-383.1 (B), as written and as applied in this case, violate a plaintiff’s right to a jury trial as guaranteed in the Constitution of Virginia art. […]

94 S.E.2d 190 ANNIE E. HOPKINS v. JOSEPH S. GROMOVSKY. 39779 Record No. 4534.Supreme Court of Virginia. September 4, 1956 Present, All the Justices. (1) Automobiles — Intersection Accident — Contributory Negligence Issue for Jury. (2) Evidence — Medical Treatises — Judgment Set Aside for Improper Use. 1. Plaintiff, driving north on Brook road, a […]

164 S.E.2d 664 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HYGIENE AND HOSPITALS v. S.W. DUNCAN, COMMITTEE FOR DAVID CLYDE BEDSAUL. 42135 Record No. 6783.Supreme Court of Virginia. December 6, 1968 Present, All the Justices. Statutory Construction — Incorporation by Reference. Judgment entered in court below by Department of Mental Hygiene and Hospitals subject to estate […]

181 S.E.2d 617 FRANK JIMMY SNIDER, JR. v. JAMES D. COX, SUPERINTENDENT OF THE VIRGINIA STATE PENITENTIARY, ETC. 42510 Record No. 7495.Supreme Court of Virginia. June 14, 1971 Present, I’Anson, Carrico, Gordon, Harrison, Cochran and Harman, JJ. Criminal Procedure — Jury Selection Unconstitutional — Retrial on Punishment. Under newly-announced constitutional principle, felon’s sentence of death […]