Virginia Liens Law
Carry Curtis v. Propel Property Tax Funding, LLC; Propel Financial Services, LLC
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.vaed.uscourts.gov/images/Newalexandria.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Appellants Propel Property Tax Funding, LLC and Propel Financial Services, LLC (collectively “Propel”) entered into a Tax Payment Agreement (a “TPA”) with Appellee Garry Curtis pursuant to Virginia Code section 58.1-3018. Curtis sued Propel on behalf of himself and other simila... More...
$0 (02-07-2019 - VA)United States of America v. Jeffrey Dalton and Karen Dalton
Abingdon, VA - Virginia Business Owners Convicted of Tax Evasion<br> <br> A jury in the Western District of Virginia convicted two business owners of tax evasion and conspiring to structure currency transactions.<br> <br> According to the evidence presented at trial, Jeffrey and Karen Dalton owned Blue Ridge Stainless Inc. (BRS), a subcontracting business that provided labor to renovate large reta... More...
$0 (01-23-2018 - VA)Unit Owners Association of Buildamerica-1 v. Harry F. Gillman
The Unit Owners Association of BuildAmerica-1, a condominium, filed its bill to enforce liens recorded against condominium units owned by Harry F. Gillman and Saundra K. Gillman based upon fines it had levied for alleged violations by them of its rules and regulations. It also sought to enjoin the Gillmans from bringing their garbage trucks onto the common elements of the condominium. The Gillman... More...
$0 (06-18-1982 - VA)United States of America v. Michael Wayne Harding
A local businessman and former commercial real estate agent, who pled guilty last year to a variety of federal fraud charges, was sentenced today in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Charlottesville.<br><br>Michael Wayne Harding, 59, of Keswick, Va., previously waived his right to be indicted and entered a plea of guilty to one count of wire fraud and one cou... More...
$0 (03-11-2014 - VA)Andre Gordon v. Pete's Auto Service of Denbigh, Inc.
In this case, a member of the United States Navy seeks to recover damages from the company that allegedly towed and sold his SUV while he was deployed. The plaintiff initially claimed that § 307 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA), 50 U.S.C. app. § 537, which prohibits enforcement of liens against servicemembers during military service, afforded him an implied private right of acti... More...
$0 (02-14-2011 - VA)City of Richmond v. Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority
On July 20, 1959, Richmond-Petersburg Turnpike Authority, hereinafter referred to as Authority, filed its application for the [204 Va. 597] 'correction of erroneous special assessments,' made against it on October 24, 1958, by the city of Richmond, hereinafter referred to as City, for the construction of sidewalks abutting the lands of Authority. Authority claimed that, as a political subdivision... More...
$0 (10-14-1963 - VA)Smith Mountain Buildings Supply, LLC v. Windstar Properties, Inc.
In these appeals, we determine whether the trial court erred in declaring invalid and unenforceable two mechanic's liens without allowing the lien claimant to present evidence that its inclusion in the memoranda of charges outside the 150-day limitation period in Code § 43-4 was an "inaccuracy" within the meaning of Code § 43-15.<br><br>I<br><br>The relevant facts are not in dispute. Smith M... More...
$0 (02-27-2009 - VA)<a href="http://www.courts.state.va.us/txtops/1021741.txt" target="_new">Board of Directors of the Colchester Towne Condominium Council of Owners v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., et al.</a>
<P>In March 2002, the Board of Directors of the Colchester Towne Condominium Council of Co-Owners (the Association) recorded a lien, pursuant to Code 55-79.84, against a condominium unit owned by Juanita C. James for unpaid condominium assessments. The Association initiated the process for a public sale of the unit, as permitted by Code 55-79.84(I), and notified Wachovia Bank, N.A... More...
$0 (06-09-2003 - VA)<a href="http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=012475.P" target="_new">Gannett Company, Inc. v. The Clark Construction Group, Inc.</a>
Gannett Company, Inc. (Gannett) filed this diversity jurisdiction action against Clark Construction Group, Inc. (Clark) in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, alleging breach of contract. The district court abstained from exercising juris- diction, applying the doctrine of Colorado River Water Consv. Dist. v. United States, 424 U.S. 800, 813 (1976), which al... More...
$0 (04-19-2002 - VA)<a href="http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=012227.P" target="_new">R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. v. The Wrecked and Abaondoned Vessel, et al.</a>
R.M.S. Titanic, Inc. ("RMST"), as salvor-in-possession of the submerged wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic and the artifacts salvaged from it, challenges the district court's orders of September 26, 2001, and October 19, 2001. These orders were entered after the court discovered RMST's plans to sell some of the artifacts and confirmed that the court's earlier orders prohibiting the sale of artifacts "wer... More...
$0 (04-15-2002 - VA)<a href="http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=011468.U" target="_new">National American Insurance Company v. Ruppert Landscaping Company</a>
National American Insurance Company and Gulf Insurance Company (collectively "the Sureties") filed this action against Ruppert Landscaping Company ("RLC"), claiming that RLC was liable for certain debts incurred by Green Thumb Landscape Company ("Green Thumb") upon RLC's acquisition of Green Thumb's assets. After three days of trial, the district court entered judgment for RLC, rejecting the S... More...
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