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Williams v. Matthews

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided September 16, 1994No. Record 931690PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Compton

In this mandamus appeal, the dispositive question is whether Virginia’s detinue statutes authorize and require a sheriff to break and enter a dwelling house, without the occupant’s permission, for the purpose of seizing personal property pretrial, in execution of a court order entered ex parte in accord with such statutes.

Code § 8.01-114 governs proceedings in detinue to recover personal property unlawfully withheld from a plaintiff and requires a petition to be filed for pretrial seizure. Such petition shall describe “the kind, quantity and estimated fair market value of the specific…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United States v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Mitchell v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Soldal v. Cook CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  4. Miller v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  5. Wackwitz v. RoySupreme Court of Virginia · 1992

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3Cited by19 opinions

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  2. Mitchem v. CountsSupreme Court of Virginia · 2000
  3. Christensen v. PackNevada Supreme Court · 2006
  4. Town of Front Royal v. Front Royal & Warren County Industrial Park Corp.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1994
  5. In Re NorrisUnited States Bankruptcy Court, D. Nevada · 1996

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