Surovell, Jackson, Colten & Dugan, P.C. v. Dawson

18 Va. Cir. 392, 1990 Va. Cir. LEXIS 11
CourtFairfax County Circuit Court
DecidedJanuary 5, 1990
DocketCase No. (Law) 92297
StatusPublished

This text of 18 Va. Cir. 392 (Surovell, Jackson, Colten & Dugan, P.C. v. Dawson) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Fairfax County Circuit Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

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Surovell, Jackson, Colten & Dugan, P.C. v. Dawson, 18 Va. Cir. 392, 1990 Va. Cir. LEXIS 11 (Va. Super. Ct. 1990).

Opinion

By JUDGE JACK B. STEVENS

The Court has considered the arguments made in connection with the Demurrer to the Motion for Judgment and is of the opinion that the Demurrer should be overruled as to both counts.

Murray v. Hadid, 238 Va. 722 (1989), in the Court’s view, is directed toward the limitations imposed by Rule 1:1 regarding jurisdiction of the Court to act in a given case rather than a limitation on a motion or action based upon § 8.01-271.1. As such, the case is not felt to be controlling in this matter.

Since § 8.01-271.1, Code of Virginia, (1950), as amended, does not indicate that a request for relief thereunder must be made in the same action in which the prohibited conduct took place, such a restriction imposed by the Court would constitute judicial legislation. As such, and since the Court must accept the allegations of the Motion for Judgment as true for purposes of the Demurrer, Duggin v. Adams, 234 Va. 221 (1987), the Demurrer is overruled.

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Related

Murray v. Hadid
385 S.E.2d 898 (Supreme Court of Virginia, 1989)
Duggin v. Adams
360 S.E.2d 832 (Supreme Court of Virginia, 1987)

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