Legal Opinion
Wright v. Castles
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided October 10, 1986No. Record 830878PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStephenson, J.
This ¿ppeal involves the res judicata effect of a chancery cause for injunctive relief on a subsequent action at law for compensatory and punitive damages. The same events gave rise to both proceedings.
The present case is an action at law brought in 1982 by Richard B. Wright, Jr., owner of Clare Mont Farm, against John G. and Dorothy T. Castles (collectively, Castles), owners of Santee Farm, a property adjoining Clare Mont Farm. In his motion for judgment, Wright alleged first that Castles falsely and maliciously slandered his title on several occasions by interfering with the use of Santee…
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