Aquia Harbour Property Owners Ass'n v. Stafford County Board of Supervisors

By JUDGE WILLIAM H. LEDBETTER, JR.

The issue to be decided is whether Harry R. Mathis (Mathis), a lot owner in Aquia Harbour and apparently a member of the Aquia Harbour Property Owners Association, Inc. (the Association), should be permitted to intervene in this action.

The Association filed these suits, one at law and the other in chancery, seeking relief against real estate taxes claimed by the County against the Association’s property for the years 1979-1985. The Association alleges that the assessments are erroneous and that the taxes levied are invalid. It claims that the property, which…