Chandler v. Signet Bank

By JUDGE ROBERT L. HARRIS, SR.

The three cases referenced above all came before the court on March 2, 1990, on defendants’ motions to *448dismiss. The court took the cases under advisement and now issues this consolidated opinion because all three cases present the same issue in somewhat similar procedural postures. The cases call upon the court to decide when an action is "submitted to the court for decision" such that a plaintiff is prohibited from taking a nonsuit under Section 8.01-380. The court will first set out the particular procedural facts of each case, then discuss the law applicable…