Winslow, Inc. v. Scaife

In Winslow v. Scaife, 219 Va. 997, 254 S.E.2d 58 (1979), we reversed the trial court for sustaining a plea of the statute of limitations and remanded the case for further proceedings. Upon remand, the trial court granted a motion for summary judgment, and we now review the propriety of that ruling.

The chronology is important. On July 10, 1973, Winslow, Inc., and Richard B. Colyer, t/a Tanglewood Lake, a partnership (hereinafter, the Plaintiffs), entered into a contract to sell to Charles E. Minor Construction Company, Inc. (Minor), certain real estate in Caroline County. The contract had been…