VIRGINIA DYNAMICS CO. v. PAYNE

Record No. 911089.

421 S.E.2d 421 (1992)

VIRGINIA DYNAMICS COMPANY v. Thomas E. PAYNE.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

September 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Scott Pugh, Spotsylvania (Leland L. Baker, Jr., Hicks, Baker & Peterson, Fredericksburg, on brief), for appellant.

No brief or argument for Thomas E. Payne.

Present: All the Justices.


WHITING, Justice.

In this case, we decide whether a provision of the unlawful entry and detainer statute, Code § 8.01-128, authorizes a lessor to split its cause of action for unpaid rent.

For a period scheduled to begin October 15, 1987, and to end October 31, 1992, Virginia Dynamics Company (the lessor) leased premises in Stafford County to Steve Turco, Doreen Turco, Thomas E. Payne, and Roy E. Wilfong, a partnership trading as Master Electrical Contractors...

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