The caption
The parties exactly as the court lists them—not a claim about the merits.
State court of last resort · ST-VA-SC
City of Suffolk v. Lummis Gin Co.
No. 082345Supreme Court of Virginia
082345 City of Suffolk v. Lummis Gin Co. 09/18/2009 A proceeding brought by a city under Code §§ 58.1-3965 et seq. seeking to sell a parcel of land located within its boundaries in order to satisfy delinquent …
Clerk language is kept verbatim. Vote Files does not infer who is winning.The movement
Orders, motions, and filings in the clerk's own words and sequence.
The proof
The official docket and available court documents attached to every update.
082345 City of Suffolk v. Lummis Gin Co. 09/18/2009 A proceeding brought by a city under Code §§ 58.1-3965 et seq. seeking to sel…
- Court
- Supreme Court of Virginia
- First seen
- Oct 4, 2026
- Last entry
- Sep 18, 2009
No bill or executive-order citation is attached to this file.
Official docket
Case timeline
The clerk's wording is shown verbatim and linked to the court's own document page where available.
Docket entry
082345 City of Suffolk v. Lummis Gin Co. 09/18/2009 A proceeding brought by a city under Code §§ 58.1-3965 et seq. seeking to sell a parcel of land located within its boundaries in order to satisfy delinquent real estate tax liens, was not the same cause of action the city filed in 1995, and thus a nonsuit granted in the prior action did not operate to extinguish the city's right to take a first nonsuit in the present action. The circuit court erred in determining that the city had been granted a second nonsuit, and it had no authority to award costs and attorneys' fees against the city for the exercise of its absolute right to a first nonsuit. The nonsuit order in this case was a final ord…
Open court document ↗Documents and links