Legal Opinion
In re Escheat of Lots Described as Eastland Developers, Inc.
Roanoke County Circuit Court
Decided September 30, 1994No. Case No. CH93000329(R)Published
1Opinion of the Court
By Judge Clifford R. WEckstein
On July 5, 1989, a jury empaneled by the escheator of the City of Roanoke returned a verdict escheating real estate, including the three parcels of land (hereafter referred to as “the property” or “the Eastland property”) which are the subject of this suit. On April 28, 1993, after he discovered that the property contained a toxic waste site, the escheator filed a petition to correct the verdict of escheat and remove the property from the verdict. Eastland Developers, Inc., which owned the property at the time of the inquest, demurred to this petition.
An oral…
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