Cole v. Hughes

LEWIS, Judge.

On 30 September 1992 plaintiffs filed an action in Pasquotank County Superior Court seeking a declaratory judgment that they are the sole owners of a winning Virginia lottery ticket and its proceeds. Defendants filed an answer and counterclaim contending that the ticket is the property of a joint venture of which both plaintiffs and defendants were members. The trial court granted plaintiffs’ motion for a judgment on the pleadings and declared plaintiffs to be the sole owners of the ticket. The court also dismissed defendants’ counterclaim on the basis that the joint venture was…