Parrish v. Jessee

SENIOR JUSTICE POFF,

with whom JUSTICE STEPHENSON joins, dissenting.

I dissent from the decision reached by the majority.

This Court has consistently held that judgments and orders may be valid in part and void in part. See, e.g., Barnes v. American Fert. Co., 144 Va. 692, 714, 130 S.E. 902, 909 (1925); White v. Palmer, 110 Va. 490, 496, 66 S.E. 44, 46 (1909); Wade et als. v. Hancock and Agee, 76 Va. 620, 625-26 (1882). In her Motion for Partial Vacation filed at trial, Jessee contended that the Richmond court’s order approving the compromise settlement was, in part, “void as a matter of law.”…