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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>376816</law_id><section_number>8.01-14</section_number><catch_line>Suit against assignor</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="12" identifier="8.01">Civil Remedies and Procedure</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="3" identifier="2">Parties</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="2" identifier="2">Special Provisions</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any assignee or beneficial owner may recover from any assignor of a writing; but only joint assignors shall be joined as <span class="dictionary">defendants</span> in one <span class="dictionary">action</span>. A remote assignor shall have the benefit of the same defense as if the <span class="dictionary">suit</span> had been instituted by his immediate assignee.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 8-95; 1977, c. 617.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Terry Ann Chambers v. Iredell County Board of Education, a .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </name><case_number>14243_1</case_number><citation>423 F.2d 613</citation><date>1970-02-27</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/289076/terry-ann-chambers-v-iredell-county-board-of-education-a-public-body/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. 423 F.2d 613 .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html>Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit</court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
