Court Grants Equitable Subrogation to MERS 
By Deborah Elkins
Published: January 10, 2012
Tags: Creditor’s Rights, Judge Daniel R. Bouton, Madison County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts
Although plaintiff Mortgage Electronic Registrations Systems was negligent in not examining the land records on chain of title and failed to have a couple execute the MERS deed of trust to subordinate their life estate to the lien, the Madison County Circuit Court weighs the equities and decides to subordinate the MERS deed of trust [...]
Murder suspect liable in civil mediation
By Alan Cooper
Published: September 27, 2010
Tags: Judge Daniel R. Bouton, Orange County Circuit Court
The suspicion that Donna Somerville poisoned her husband in their Orange County horse country home has lingered for almost nine years, despite her acquittal in a criminal trial. Earlier this month, creative lawyering helped produce an uneasy truce between Somerville and the three daughters of Hamilton Somerville Jr. from his first marriage. The daughters have [...]
Zoning – Special Use Permit – Wal-Mart Store – National Trust Standing
By Deborah Elkins
Published: May 11, 2010
Tags: Judge Daniel R. Bouton, Orange County Circuit Court, Virginia Circuit Courts, Zoning
Although plaintiff National Trust for Historic Preservation is appropriately concerned about the potential impact of a Wal-Mart store on the Wilderness Battlefield property, under Virginia Supreme Court precedent, the Trust’s general concern does not give it standing to challenge defendant county’s issuance of a Special Use Permit; but the Orange County Circuit Court recognizes standing [...]
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