COWHERD v. CITY OF RICHMOND

Record No. 0193-23-2.

LEONARD W. COWHERD, ET AL., v. CITY OF RICHMOND.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

September 17, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Edward Phillips (S. Braxton Puryear, on briefs), for appellants.

Robert M. Rolfe (Edward J. Fuhr; Sarah C. Ingles; Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Judges Beales, Callins and Senior Judge Clements.


This case involving the relocation of a statue of the Confederate General Ambrose Powell Hill ("A.P. Hill") illustrates the truism that "[i]nterments once made should not be disturbed except for good cause." Goldman v. Mollen, 168 Va. 345, 355 (1937). At no time have the appellants, the collateral...

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