Legal Opinion

Early Used Cars, Inc. v. Province

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided November 23, 1977No. Record 761376PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.

Early Used Cars, Inc. (Early), filed its petition in the court below seeking a writ of mandamus to compel J. Thomas Province, a commissioner in chancery of the court, to issue a writ against John F. Carter pursuant to the provisions of Code § 8-438 (Repl. Vol. 1957). 1 Early has appealed from the final order entered on June 18, 1976, in which the trial court ruled that even if all matters stated in the petition were true the writ should not issue, and dismissed the petition. In this appeal, therefore, we assume that all allegations of the petition are true.

On November 6,1972, Early obtained a…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Board of Supervisors v. Hylton Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1976
  2. Makarov v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1976
  3. Richmond Railway & Electric Co. v. BrownSupreme Court of Virginia · 1899
  4. Planning Commission of Falls Church v. BermanSupreme Court of Virginia · 1971

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Town of Front Royal v. Front Royal & Warren County Industrial Park Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1994
  2. Williams v. MatthewsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1994
  3. Gannon v. State Corp. CommissionSupreme Court of Virginia · 1992
  4. Davenport v. Little-BowserSupreme Court of Virginia · 2005
  5. Hertz v. Times-World CorporationSupreme Court of Virginia · 2000

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