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Virginia International Gateway v. City of Portsmouth

No. 180810Supreme Court of Virginia

180810 Virginia International Gateway v. City of Portsmouth 10/31/2019 In a challenge to a city's tax assessments on realty, fixtures and personal property, the trial court's exclusion of evidence from the tax…

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180810 Virginia International Gateway v. City of Portsmouth 10/31/2019 In a challenge to a city's tax assessments on realty, fixt…

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Supreme Court of Virginia
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Oct 4, 2026
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Oct 31, 2019
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180810 Virginia International Gateway v. City of Portsmouth 10/31/2019 In a challenge to a city's tax assessments on realty, fixtures and personal property, the trial court's exclusion of evidence from the taxpayer's expert -- who was licensed in New York, and obtained temporary licensure in Virginia to complete the appraisal offered in this case, and whose testimony formed the vast majority of the taxpayer's evidence in the real estate case -- was an abuse of discretion. The judgment in the real estate case is reversed, and that matter is remanded for further proceedings. The trial court did not err in ruling that taxpayer failed to overcome the presumption of the personal property assessm…

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