                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

HOW DEFENDANT MAY APPLY THEREFOR, AND HAVE JUDGMENT SUSPENDED (§ 8.01-166)

Any defendant against whom a decree or judgment shall be rendered for land, when
no assessment of damages has been made under Article 14 (§ 8.01-131 et seq.) of
this chapter, may, at any time before the execution of the decree or judgment,
present a pleading to the court rendering such decree or judgment, stating that
he, or those under whom he claims while holding the premises under a title
believed by him or them to have been good, have made permanent improvements
thereon, and moving that he should have an allowance for the same which are over
and above the value of the use and occupation of such land; and thereupon the
court may, if satisfied of the probable truth of the allegation, suspend the
execution of the judgment or decree, and impanel a jury to assess the damages of
the plaintiff, and the allowances to the defendant for such improvements.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-842; 1977, c. 617.