Holland v. Nelson County Service Authority

By Judge J. Michael Gamble

I am writing this letter to rule on the plea of sovereign immunity by the Nelson County Service Authority (“NCSA”) and the demurrer by the plaintiffs to the adverse possession counterclaim of NCSA. In this regard, I grant the NCSA plea of sovereign immunity as to trespass, conversion, and unjust enrichment. I overrule the plea of sovereign immunity by NCSA as to the count of inverse condemnation. I sustain the demurrer of the Hollands to the counterclaim for adverse possession by NCSA and grant leave to NCSA to file an amended pleading.

The doctrine of sovereign…