GILMORE v. BASIC INDUSTRIES, INC.

Record No. 840763.

357 S.E.2d 514 (1987)

William R. GILMORE v. BASIC INDUSTRIES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

June 12, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Smallwood (Herman Abady; Purcell, Cherry, Kerns & Abady, Richmond, on briefs), for appellant.

Howard Feller (Robert E. Draim; McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, on brief), for appellee, William B. Garrison, Jr.

(Norman A. Kinnier, Lynchburg, on brief), for appellee, George W. Fix, Jr., appellee Fix submitting on brief.

No briefs or arguments for appellees, Basic Industries, Inc., Cornelius F. Florman, Grayson I. McDougle, John T. Smook and Paul H. Coffey, Jr.

Present: CARRICO, C.J., and POFF, COMPTON, STEPHENSON, RUSSELL and THOMAS, JJ., and COCHRAN, Retired Justice.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

In this appeal, we decide whether the trial court erred in ruling that (1) statutes of limitations barred two counts of the plaintiff's motion for judgment, and (2) the plaintiff was liable for a defendant's attorneys' fees and expenses incurred in defending this action.

I

On June 13, 1980, William R. Gilmore filed a three-count motion for judgment to recover damages resulting from a lending transaction which he entered into...

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