Case Name: Joseph E. Cotman v. Brett A. Zwerdling, Adm'r of the Estate of Roy E. Clatterbough
Court: Richmond Circuit Court
Jurisdiction: Virginia
Decision Date: 1998-03-27
Citations: 45 Va. Cir. 249
Docket Number: Case No. LC-1468-1
Parties: Joseph E. Cotman v. Brett A. Zwerdling, Adm’r of the Estate of Roy E. Clatterbough
Judges: 
Reporter: Virginia Circuit Court Opinions
Volume: 45
Pages: 249–249

Head Matter:
CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND
Joseph E. Cotman v. Brett A. Zwerdling, Adm’r of the Estate of Roy E. Clatterbough
March 27, 1998
Case No. LC-1468-1

Opinion:
By Judge Melvin R. Hughes, Jr.
For the reasons advanced by the defendant at the hearing on March 6, 1998, in support of the request to change venue, the motion is granted. The words the Legislature uses in § 8.01-262(6) refer to where venue is proper when one is sued in the capacity of an administrator of an estate, the place of qualification. Given the principle of statutory construction - the specific governing the general - the intent is to look to the defendant in his or her capacity as administrator rather than where the administrator may otherwise have business in some other capacity.