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TAYLOR v. VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

161 S.E.2d 732 (1968)

209 Va. 76

Michael E. TAYLOR, an infant, etc. v. VIRGINIA CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, t/a, etc.

Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia.

June 10, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Harlan, Jr., Norfolk (Doumar, Pincus, Anderson & Knight, Norfolk, on brief), for plaintiff in error.

E. L. Ryan, Jr., Norfolk (White, Ryan & Reynolds, Norfolk, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before EGGLESTON, C. J., and BUCHANAN, SNEAD, I'ANSON, CARRICO, GORDON and HARRISON, JJ.

CARRICO, Justice.

This appeal involves the question of the applicability of an exculpatory clause in a lease purporting to exonerate the landlord from liability "for any damage to person or property arising from any cause whatsoever."

The litigation arose when Michael E. Taylor, an infant, by Anne R. Taylor, his mother and next friend, the plaintiff, filed a motion for judgment against Virginia Construction Corporation, trading as Azalea Garden Apartments...

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