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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77253</law_id><section_number>15.2-2140</section_number><catch_line>Dispute between jurisdictions; appeals</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="21">Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="5">Water Supply Systems Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> An <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> may be filed in the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> by any <span class="dictionary">party</span> from the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of the special <span class="dictionary">court</span>, and the <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> shall be heard and determined without reference to the principles of <span class="dictionary">demurrer</span> to <span class="dictionary">evidence</span>. The special <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall certify the <span class="dictionary">facts</span> in the case to the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span>, and the <span class="dictionary">evidence</span> shall be considered as on <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> in proceedings under Chapter 2 (&#xA7; <a class="law" title="Chapter controls condemnation proceedings" href="/25.1-200/">25.1-200</a> et seq.) of Title 25.1. In any case, by consent of all parties of record, a <span class="dictionary">motion</span> to dismiss may be made at any time before final <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> on <span class="dictionary">appeal</span>. <a id="paragraph-277117" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2140/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of the special <span class="dictionary">court</span> is reversed on <span class="dictionary">appeal</span>, or if the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> is modified, the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span> shall enter such <span class="dictionary">order</span> as the special <span class="dictionary">court</span> should have entered. <a id="paragraph-277118" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2140/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="C"><p><span class="prefix-number">C.</span> If an <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> is taken from the <span class="dictionary">judgment</span> of the <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of <span class="dictionary">Appeals</span>, the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>, in matters in which it grants the <span class="dictionary">petition</span> for <span class="dictionary">appeal</span>, shall consider the <span class="dictionary">appeal</span> consistent with the procedures set forth in subsection A and shall enter such <span class="dictionary">order</span> as the special <span class="dictionary">court</span> should have entered. <a id="paragraph-277119" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2140/#C"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1976, c. 69, &#xA7; 15.1-37.1:6; 1979, c. 671; 1997, c. 587; 2003, c. 940; 2021, Sp. Sess. I, c. 489.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
