Legal Opinion
Hamilton Development Co. v. Broad Rock Club, Inc.
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided June 10, 1994No. Record 930939PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Compton
In this action for trespass to real estate, we consider issues relating to an award of punitive damages.
Appellee Broad Rock Club, Inc., the plaintiff below, and appellant Hamilton Development Company, the defendant below, owned adjacent parcels of realty in Chesterfield County. On April 28, 1989, the plaintiffs president, David Hull, was informed by defendant’s president, Bob E. Hodges, that defendant had trespassed on a .176-acre parcel owned by plaintiff that adjoined defendant’s residential development named Bexley West, Section 4. Hull and Hodges met on the site and found that the subject…
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