Virginia Lawyers Weekly VA Lawyers Weekly

A special assessment lien on a Ports­mouth parcel has priority over a deed of trust recorded before the special assess­ments were imposed and the new own­ers of the property subject to the special assessment cannot succeed in their be­lated challenge ...

Tagged with: Real Estate Supreme Court of Virginia

In a family’s suit for damages from mold contamination due to water leak­age in their military housing, the Nor­folk U.S. District Court denies defendant property management company’s motion for attorney’s fees and grants plaintiffs’ request for $4,500 in fees for ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

In a family’s suit for damages from mold contamination due to water leak­age in their military housing, the Norfolk U.S. District Court denies plaintiffs’ mo­tion for a new trial and renewed motion for judgment as to liability, on plaintiffs’ breach ...

Tagged with: Judge Raymond A. Jackson Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A dentist who alleges he was told by the city that he had to relocate from the building that had housed his practice for over 30 years because the city was buying the building, and that he would receive relocation ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry Coke Morgan Jr. Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A homeowner who is suing defen­dant mortgage company for alleged vi­olations of the law governing mortgage loan modification requests may pursue his claims for breach of contract and a RESPA violation, but the Richmond U.S. District Court grants judgment on ...

Tagged with: Judge James R. Spencer Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Plaintiffs who lost their home to fore­closure may amend their contract claim against Freddie Mac to allege that defen­dant breached the agreement in plain­tiffs’ written application for a loan mod­ification which should have halted the foreclosure; however, the Charlottesville U.S. ...

Tagged with: Judge Glen E. Conrad Real Estate U.S. District Court - Western District

A plaintiff who lost her home to fore­closure has stated a breach of contract claim against Deutsche Bank by alleging the cure notice sent by defendant does not comply with provisions in the note and deed of trust that require ...

Tagged with: Judge Henry E. Hudson Real Estate U.S. District Court - Eastern District

A circuit court erred in declaring void a provision in a real property deed of gift to the grantor’s sister that attempted to cre­ate a contingent reversionary interest in the grantor and her heirs, in the event the grantor’s nephew ...

Tagged with: Justice D. Arthur Kelsey Real Estate Supreme Court of Virginia

A circuit court on de novo appeal of an unlawful detainer action could not consider the borrowers’ questions of title arising from a foreclosure sale of appellants’ home, as the circuit court’s appellate jurisdiction was de­rivative; the Supreme Court of ...

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

The Supreme Court of Virginia reverses a trial court decision dismissing Dominion Power’s petition to condemn 7.88 acres of a landowner’s 354-acre series of tracts and awarding the owner $312,575 in attorney’s fees and $141,866 in costs and expenses; the ...

Tagged with: Justice Cleo E. Powell Real Estate Supreme Court of Virginia