If the action be against several defendants, and it appear on the trial that any of them occupy distinct parcels in severalty or jointly, and that other defendants possess other parcels in severalty or jointly, the plaintiff may recover several judgments against them, for the parcels so held by one or more of the defendants, separately from others.
Va. Code Ann. § 8.01-143
When there may be several judgments against defendants
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Granahan v. Pearson (1985)
Most recently applied in Granahan v. Pearson (November 1985)
Code 1950, § 8-813; 1977, c. 617.
Official source: Virginia Law Portal (LIS). Reproduced from public-domain Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.