8.01-444 - Where new parties added; if some not liable, how judgment entered. - Virginia Statutes

§ 8.01-444. Where new parties added; if some not liable, how judgment entered.

If it shall appear at the trial that all the original defendants are liable,but that one or more of the other persons added under the provisions of §8.01-5 are not liable, the plaintiff shall be entitled to judgment, or toverdict and judgment, as the case may be, against the defendants who appearliable, and such as are not liable shall have judgment and recover costs asagainst the plaintiff, who shall be allowed the same as costs against thedefendants who cause them to be made parties.

(Code 1950, § 8-369; 1977, c. 617.)