Legal Opinion
Hopkins v. Griffin
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 1, 1991No. Record 900837; Record 900869PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Whiting
In this declaratory judgment case, the principal issue is whether one party to a contract under seal must show that the other parties’ promises were supported by consideration.
On August 28, 1975, Edward McAllister Hopkins and Russell L. Leonard, two real estate agents, together with five other persons, formed a partnership known as Mid-City Properties for the purpose of developing a shopping center in Chesterfield County. Each of the original partners held an equal interest, which was 14.2857% of the whole. R. Garland Dodd, J.W. Sanderson, H. Lee Griffin, Plato G. Eliades, and Dorothy Branch…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Watkins v. RobertsonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1906
- Norris v. BarbourSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- Reiber v. DuncanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- Parker v. MurphySupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
- Wilson v. ButtSupreme Court of Virginia · 1937
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