Legal Opinion

Burr v. Kraft

Alleghany County Circuit Court

Decided March 31, 1993Published

1Opinion of the Court

By Judge Duncan M. Byrd, Jr.

Subsequent to the hearing held in the above-styled matter on March 12, 1993, on the defendant’s demurrer to the plaintiffs’ bill of complaint and the conference call of March 19, 1993, the Court believes that a brief opinion letter setting forth the Court’s rationale for its decision would be appropriate. This is especially true since the hearing was not recorded. After consideration of the respective memoranda of counsel and oral argument, the Court overruled die defendant’s demurrer.

Critical and central to the Court’s analysis was its finding that at common law…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Sulphur Mines Co. v. Thompson's HeirsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1896
  2. Dodge v. Irvington Land Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1908
  3. Commonwealth v. City of Newport NewsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1932
  4. Long's Baggage Transfer Co. v. BurfordSupreme Court of Virginia · 1926
  5. Loving v. AlexanderCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1984

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