Fairfield Development Corp. v. City of Virginia Beach

Fairfield Development Corporation (Fairfield), LuMarRo Development Corporation (LuMarRo) and Point “O” View, Inc. (Point “O” View), appellants, filed in the court below separate petitions for “Declaratory Judgment and Further Relief”. Each alleged, among other things, that it had paid, under duress and protest, to the Treasurer of the City of Virginia Beach, pursuant to an ordinance which was unconstitutional and invalid, a certain sum as a condition precedent to the recording.of a final subdivision plat. The court was asked to adjudicate the rights of petitioners to a refund and by way of…