Builders Supply Co. of Hopewell, Inc. v. Brown

By JUDGE MELVIN R. HUGHES, JR.

Defendants’ Summary Judgment motion argued on July 31, 1991, raises the question of whether the statute of limitation of five years concerning injury to property under § 8.01-243(B) or a one-year limitation under Section 8.01-248, the so-called catch-all statute of limitations, applies to this case. Plaintiff’s Motion for Judgment asserts a claim for money damages against the present and former clerk of the Circuit Court of Colonial Heights for failing to follow procedures on a confessed judgment resulting in a loss of the judgment.

The following are the facts…