                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SUIT AGAINST ASSIGNOR (§ 8.01-14)

Any assignee or beneficial owner may recover from any assignor of a writing; but
only joint assignors shall be joined as defendants in one action. A remote
assignor shall have the benefit of the same defense as if the suit had been
instituted by his immediate assignee.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-95; 1977, c. 617.