                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

WHEN AND HOW DEFENDANT, IF EVICTED, MAY RECOVER FROM PLAINTIFF AMOUNT PAID (§
8.01-178)

If the defendant or his heirs or assigns shall, after the premises are so
relinquished to him, be evicted thereof by force of any better title than that
of the original plaintiff, the person so evicted may recover from such plaintiff
or his representative the amount so paid for the premises, as so much money had
and received by such plaintiff in his lifetime for the use of such person, with
lawful interest thereon from the time of such payment.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 8-856; 1977, c. 617.