Legal Opinion
Bates v. Devers
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 4, 1974No. Record 730380PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPoff, J.
By order of February 2, 1973, the trial court, on grounds of collateral estoppel, dismissed with prejudice the contract claim 1 brought by H. Burton Bates, Jr., et al. (Executors), executors of the estate of Arthur R. Morrison (Morrison), against Malcolm B. Devers (Devers). The claim in issue on appeal is apparently the last vestige of a series of complex business transactions dating back to 1946 and resulting in protracted litigation involving Morrison and Devers.
In 1962 a quiet title action styled Capital Investors Co. v. Arthur R. Morrison, et al., (Civil Action No. 2968), involving…
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