Taylor v. Northam

PRESENT: All the Justices HELEN MARIE TAYLOR, ET AL. OPINION BY v. Record No. 210113 JUSTICE S. BERNARD GOODWYN September 2, 2021 RALPH S. NORTHAM, ET AL. FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RICHMOND CITY W. Reilly Marchant, Judge In this appeal, we consider whether language in an 1890 deed, signed by the then Governor of Virginia, and an 1889 joint resolution of the General Assembly, which requested and authorized the Governor to sign such deed, prohibit the Governor of Virginia from ordering the removal of a state-owned monument from state-owned property. BACKGROUND On July 15, 1887, the heirs of…