Legal Opinion

Levy v. Kosmo

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided March 17, 1921PublishedCited by 5 opinions

Error to orders of the Law and Equity Court of the "city of Richmond granting petitions for writs of mandamus.

1Opinion of the Court

Sims, J.,

after making the foregoing statement, delivered the following opinion of the court:

[1] As appears from the statement above, the respondent executed the leases for the year 1920, the préference of privilege of obtaining which was sought by the respective petitions of the plaintiffs in both of the cases before us, which constituted the sole subject of the orders of the court below under review; and that, hence, there is no longer any actual controversy between the parties to these cases over the matters in issue involved in the appeals. The *452cases, therefore, present merely a moot…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Mills v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
  2. Hamer v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1907
  3. Garrett v. SmeadCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1917

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Ward v. CharltonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1941
  2. Ficklen v. City of DanvilleCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1926
  3. Marlow v. Mayor of SavannahCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1922
  4. Gilmer v. FranciscoSupreme Court of Virginia · 1921
  5. Richmond Tenants Organization, Inc. v. Richmond Redevelopment & Housing AuthorityRichmond County Circuit Court · 1991

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