Ballagh v. Gray

BY JUDGE JAMES W. UPDIKE, JR.

The captioned matter is presently before the court on the report of the commissioner, the exhibits introduced, the commissioner’s examination of the property and the records in the clerk’s office of this court, the memoranda and oral arguments submitted by counsel, the exceptions filed by the plaintiffs to the commissioner’s report, and the defendants’ response to plaintiffs’ exceptions.

The weight to be accorded a commissioner’s report is set forth in the Code of Virginia as follows:

The report of a commissioner in chancery shall not have the weight given to the…