15.2-4118 - Effect on pending suits. - Virginia Statutes

§ 15.2-4118. Effect on pending suits.

If at the time a city becomes a town under the provisions of this chapterthere are any pending actions or proceedings by or against the city, or ifafter a city becomes a town under the provisions of this chapter an action orproceeding out of a cause of action which arose prior to the time the citybecame a town, which but for said transition would have been by or againstthe city, is instituted, the resulting town shall be substituted in place ofthe city and the action or proceeding may be perfected to judgment.

(1988, c. 881, § 15.1-965.25; 1997, c. 587.)