Bolling v. D'AMATO

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that until a personal representative is appointed for a decedent, the decedent’s personal estate is without an owner
• holding that decedent’s son “lacked standing to bring [a] wrongful death action” because he had not been properly appointed as personal representative of the estate
• “[U]nder the Andrews rule, the . . . order [at issue] is void because, at the time the order was entered, the decedent already had a properly qualified administrator in Virginia . . . .”
• “cannot be questioned in any collateral proceeding”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Estate of Eleusipa Van Emburgh v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 2024-03-12· cited 33×
• Wingate v. Insight Health Corp.
  Roanoke County Circuit Court· 2013-10-31· cited 2×
• Bartee v. Vitocruz
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2014-06-05
• In re: Woodley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2015-10-29
• Zachary Grady, etc. v. Joan L. Blackwell, etc.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-06-18

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Evans v. Smyth-Wythe Airport Commission
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-01-09· cited 50×
• Rockwell v. Allman
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1971-03-08· cited 46×
• Lingle v. Cook's adm'rs
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1879-10-15· cited 9×
• Beavers v. Beavers
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1946-09-11· cited 6×