Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

Where defendant did not reconvey property to plaintiff as agreed, plaintiff’s allegation that defendant never intended to do so sufficiently states a claim for actual fraud but not constructive fraud. Facts Plaintiff Gutterman purchased residential real estate for $93,500 without ...

Tagged with: Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Real Estate Virginia Circuit Courts

Where a zoning administrator cited petitioners for violating the Fairfax County zoning ordinance because they made occasional online rentals of their residence, the Board of  Zoning Appeals erred by upholding the citation. The abode at issue is used more or ...

Tagged with: Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Dontae L. Bugg Real Estate Virginia Circuit Courts

Defendants’ pier, which they constructed from their shoreline to the navigable waterway of a river, must be removed to the extent that it interferes with the riparian rights belonging to plaintiff’s property. Background Plaintiff Smith and defendants, the Popes, own ...

Tagged with: Norfolk Circuit Court Real Property Virginia Circuit Courts

The 30-day period in which to appeal a jury’s just compensation award in this condemnation case began to run when the circuit court entered its order confirming the award. The confirmation order is the final order in the case under ...

Tagged with: Published Order Real Property Supreme Court of Virginia

Where the Virginia Housing Development Authority bought plaintiff’s home at a foreclosure sale, he has stated a rescission claim by alleging the VHDA knew or should have known of an alleged deed of trust violation when it bought the home. ...

Tagged with: Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Real Property Virginia Circuit Courts

An oil-change company seeking to recover lost profits after access to its business was limited by the county’s alleged unreasonable delay in repairing a sinkhole has sufficiently pleaded an inverse condemnation claim. Overview Plaintiff PM Lube operates an oil change ...

Tagged with: Judge Jeanette A. Irby Loudoun County Circuit Court Real Property Virginia Circuit Courts

The circuit court incorrectly ruled that respondent property owners who paid property taxes for more than 15 years acquired a vested right to continue their illegal use of two buildings. Code § 15.2-2307(D) provides that buildings or structures may not ...

Tagged with: Justice S. Bernard Goodwyn Real Property Supreme Court of Virginia

A temporary injunction to block demolition of an arson-damaged house in a historic district is denied. Although irreparable injury will occur because the structure cannot be replaced if demolished, the risk of public harm caused by the house’s dilapidated condition ...

Tagged with: Judge David W. Lannetti Norfolk Circuit Court Real Estate Virginia Court of Appeals

Because nothing in the deed evidenced a contrary intent, the plaintiff had a right to the disputed portion of a road by operation of law. Background This case arises from a boundary dispute between Philip P. Ettinger and Oyster Bay ...

Tagged with: Justice William C. Mims Real Estate Supreme Court of Virginia

A condo developer successfully petitioned to invalidate a subcontractor’s mechanic’s lien on the individual condos after the general contractor reportedly went bankrupt. Though it had sold all the condos, the developer had standing to bring the petition by virtue of ...

Tagged with: Construction Judge Jeanette A. Irby Loudoun County Circuit Court Real Estate Real Property Virginia Circuit Courts