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· 9/12/1997

Afify v. Simmons

Citations

  • 254 Va. 315
  • 492 S.E.2d 138
  • 1997 Va. LEXIS 90

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that the circuit court’s lack of jurisdiction to consider the amended pleading rendered “the trial and verdict on that pleading . . . nullities”
  • holding that when a defendant removed detinue claims to the circuit court prior to a trial, the statute did not permit the plaintiff to increase the damages beyond the jurisdictional limits of the district court
  • involving a similar amended pleading filed by plaintiffs in the circuit court that supplanted several detinue warrants removed to that court by the defendant prior to trial
  • breach of contract claim for wages and expenses

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Judges: Carrico, Compton, Stephenson, Lacy, Keenan, Koontz, Whiting

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