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Jack v. Sylvan Prop.,Inc.,
In a civil case in Fairfax, the Plaintiff unit owners brought an action against defendants, builders and a management company, for breach of contract, breach of warranty, breach of fiduciary duties, negligence, fraud, and violations of the Virginia Condominium Act, Va. Code §§ 55-79.1 et seq., 55-79.39 et seq., the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C.S. § 1 et seq., and the Virginia Antitrust Act, Va. Code § 59.1-9.1 et seq.
Although Va. Code § 8.01-328.1 et seq. is applicable to residents as well as non-residents, Va. Code § 8.01-328, when service of process is to be made on the Secretary of the Commonwealth, the plaintiffs are required to file an affidavit stating that the person to be served is either a non-resident or that after exercising due diligence, he has been unable to locate the person to be served. In either event, the affidavit must set forth the last-known address of the person to be served, Va. Code § 8.01-329.
In equity, all persons who are materially interested in the subject matter of a suit and who will be affected by the proceedings should be made parties to the suit, either as plaintiffs or defendants, however numerous they may be. An exception to the general rule is that the court may permit a suit to be brought by one person on behalf of himself and all other persons having a like interest as the plaintiff when such persons are very numerous or cannot be easily discovered or ascertained. Creditors' suits and stockholders' suits are examples of such "class suits." Whether a particular suit of such nature is entertained is, in the first instance, a matter within the sound judicial discretion of the trial chancellor. Unless extended by statute, the rule regarding class actions has no application to actions at law.