Legal Opinion
Board of Supervisors of Fairfax County v. Sampson
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 10, 1988No. Record No. 851001PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCompton, J.
The sole question we decide in this contract action is whether the suit is barred because the plaintiff failed to bring the action in accordance with the timetable established by the parties’ agreement.
The contract in issue arose against the background of a dispute between Fairfax County and a real estate developer over alleged defaults by the developer in completion of certain improvements at the Vernon-on-the-Potomac subdivision situated in the County. In 1976 and 1977, appellees Harold H. Sampson, C. Samuel Haines, III, and P-H Riverside, Inc. (collectively, the developer), executed…
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