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State court of last resort · ST-VA-SC
City of Suffolk v. Lummis Gin Co.
No. 082345Supreme Court of Virginia
082345 City of Suffolk v. Lummis Gin Co. 09/18/2009 A proceeding brought by a city under Code §§ 58.1-3965 et seq. seeking to sell a parcel of land located within its boundaries in order to satisfy delinquent …
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082345 City of Suffolk v. Lummis Gin Co. 09/18/2009 A proceeding brought by a city under Code §§ 58.1-3965 et seq. seeking to sel…
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082345 City of Suffolk v. Lummis Gin Co. 09/18/2009 A proceeding brought by a city under Code §§ 58.1-3965 et seq. seeking to sell a parcel of land located within its boundaries in order to satisfy delinquent real estate tax liens, was not the same cause of action the city filed in 1995, and thus a nonsuit granted in the prior action did not operate to extinguish the city's right to take a first nonsuit in the present action. The circuit court erred in determining that the city had been granted a second nonsuit, and it had no authority to award costs and attorneys' fees against the city for the exercise of its absolute right to a first nonsuit. The nonsuit order in this case was a final ord…
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082345 City of Suffolk v. Lummis Gin Co. 09/18/2009 A proceeding brought by a city under Code §§ 58.1-3965 et seq. seeking to sell a parcel of land located within its boundaries in order to satisfy delinquent real estate tax liens, was not the same cause of action the city filed in 1995, and thus a nonsuit granted in the prior action did not operate to extinguish the city's right to take a first nonsuit in the present action. The circuit court erred in determining that the city had been granted a second nonsuit, and it had no authority to award costs and attorneys' fees against the city for the exercise of its absolute right to a first nonsuit. The nonsuit order in this case was a final ord…
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