Legal Opinion

Bernau v. Nealon

Supreme Court of Virginia

Decided April 20, 1979No. Record 770982PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARRISON J.,

delivered the opinion of the Court.

Claire Bernau, appellant, filed her motion for judgment in the court below seeking to recover from her former husband, Joseph P. Nealon, Jr., appellee, certain amounts expended by her in payment of taxes, improvements, debts and other items on real property owned by Nealon. Bernau alleged that when these payments were made, she was under the mistaken belief that she owned the property and that as a result Nealon has been unjustly enriched, thereby entitling her to restitution. Nealon filed a plea of res judicata which was sustained and…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. John W. Wilson v. Volkswagen of America, Inc., a New York Corporation and Volkswagenwerk, A. G., a Foreign Corporation, Wolfsburg, Western GermanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1977
  2. Feldman v. RuckerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1959
  3. Darnell v. BarkerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1942
  4. Cohen v. PowerSupreme Court of Virginia · 1944
  5. Newton v. NewtonSupreme Court of Virginia · 1960

3Cited by17 opinions

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  3. Efrain Guerrero v. Cyrus KatzenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1985
  4. Citizens for Fauquier County v. SPR Corp.Fauquier County Circuit Court · 1995
  5. Chilton-Belloni v. Angle Ex Rel. City of StauntonSupreme Court of Virginia · 2017

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