STAMIE E. LYTTLE CO., INC. v. HANOVER COUNTY

Record No. 821073.

341 S.E.2d 174 (1986)

STAMIE E. LYTTLE COMPANY, INC. v. COUNTY OF HANOVER, et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

March 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R.D. McIlwaine, III, Richmond, for appellant.

Peter L. Trible, County Atty., John B. McCammon (Edward E. Nicholas, III, McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, on briefs), for appellees.

Present: All the Justices.


COCHRAN, Justice.

The Code of Virginia provides a statutory procedure which must be followed before a claimant may sue a county in contract. In the appeal of this contract action, the question is whether, as the trial court ruled, the claimant is barred for failure to comply with the applicable statutory provisions.

A "claim or demand" must first be presented to the board of supervisors for allowance before the claimant may bring an action against the county...

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