Legal Opinion

Sellers v. Bles

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 23, 1956No. Record 4445PublishedCited by 31 opinions

The opinion states the case.

1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.

Hubert Sellers and Louis Sellers, trading as Sellers Brothers, hereinafter referred to as plaintiffs, filed a motion for judgment against M. J. Bles, trading as M. J. Bles Construction Company, to recover damages in the amount of $27,774 for the alleged breach of a written contract.

Defendant filed a motion to dismiss upon the ground that the contract sued on was “unlawful and void.” He asserted that it was unlawful and unenforceable because plaintiffs’ undertaking was in excess of $20,000, and they had not registered with, and qualified before the State Registration Board for Contractors, as…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Massie v. DudleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1939
  2. F. S. Bowen Electric Co. v. FoleySupreme Court of Virginia · 1952
  3. State v. Western Union Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1916
  4. Rohanna v. VazzanaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1954
  5. Dunham v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1939

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. McClung v. County of HenricoSupreme Court of Virginia · 1959
  2. Commonwealth v. United Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1978
  3. Price v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1968
  4. MISSISSIPPI MILK COM'N v. Winn-Dixie Louisiana, Inc.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1970
  5. Sydnor Pump & Well Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Virginia · 1959

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