Alexander v. Cobb

PRESENT: All the Justices LINDA LEE ALEXANDER OPINION BY v. Record No. 181613 JUSTICE S. BERNARD GOODWYN February 27, 2020 DAVID COBB FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF BATH COUNTY John E. Wetsel, Jr., Judge In this appeal, we consider whether the circuit court erred in concluding that a prior final circuit court order had a preclusive effect on a party’s claims regarding her ownership rights in parcels of real property. BACKGROUND George Cobb (George) and Dorothy Cobb (Dorothy), husband and wife, owned three tracts of land in Bath and Highland counties, Virginia (the Properties), as tenants in…