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Gilpin v. Joyce
No. 981801Supreme Court of Virginia
981801 Gilpin v. Joyce 04/16/1999 Since a defendant's general appearance without prior service of process waives the application of Virginia Supreme Court Rule 3:3, a trial court ruling sustaining a plea in ba…
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981801 Gilpin v. Joyce 04/16/1999 Since a defendant's general appearance without prior service of process waives the application …
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- April 16, 1999
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981801 Gilpin v. Joyce 04/16/1999 Since a defendant's general appearance without prior service of process waives the application of Virginia Supreme Court Rule 3:3, a trial court ruling sustaining a plea in bar is reversed, and the case is remanded.
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