LAYTON v. SEAWALL ENTERPRISES, INC.

Record No. 821569.

344 S.E.2d 896 (1986)

Garland M. LAYTON, et al. v. SEAWALL ENTERPRISES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 13, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Cameron Mann, Virginia Beach, for appellants.

James M. Pickrell (Wayne Lustig, Kellam, Pickrell & Lawler, Virginia Beach, on brief), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


COMPTON, Justice.

In this appeal, we deal with application of the Rules of Court relating to equity practice and procedure. Specifically, we consider whether the trial court properly allowed litigation of a claim by new parties who intervened in a pending case. Rule 2:15, as pertinent here, provides: "A new party may by petition filed by leave of court assert any claim or defense germane to the subject matter of the suit."

In 1978, numerous owners of residential...

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