Dean Steel Erectors v. Virginia Steel Erectors

By Judge Dennis L. Hupp

It is my opinion that Rockingham County is a permissible venue for the trial of this law action. Virginia Code § 8.01-262(4) provides that the jurisdiction “[wjherein the cause of action, or any part thereof, arose” is permissible venue.

The plaintiff alleges that the parties entered into an oral contract calling for the payment of a sum of money to the plaintiff by the defendant. According to the warrant in debt filed in the General District Court of Rockingham County, the plaintiff has a Harrisonburg áddress, and it has been proffered that the plaintiff’s principal…