Legal Opinion

Uhrig v. Mitchell

Richmond County Circuit Court

Decided May 2, 1974No. Case No. 6614Published

1Opinion of the Court

By JUDGE A. CHRISTIAN COMPTON

Enclosed is a copy of the order entered today sustaining the demurrer of the defendants. This action is dismissed without prejudice to the right of the plaintiff to bring an action against the church in question.

The broad main issue before the court is whether the proper parties have been named defendants herein.

Counsel for the plaintiff upon oral argument of the demurrer stated that this is an action ex contractu, so the court will treat it as such even though some of the damages alleged may be appropriate to an action in tort.

Treating the allegations as they…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Cain v. ReaSupreme Court of Virginia · 1932
  2. Globe Furniture Co. v. Trustees of Jerusalem Baptist ChurchSupreme Court of Virginia · 1905
  3. Forsberg v. ZehmCourt of Appeals of Virginia · 1928
  4. Hawthorne v. Austin Organ Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1934

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