CHAPTER 569

An Act to amend and reenact §§ 8-157 and 8-158 of the Code of Virginia,
relating to removal of certain pending suits, motions, or other pro-
ceedings to certain other courts.

[H 680]

Approved March 31, 1960

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That §§ 8-157 and 8-158 of the Code of Virginia be amended and re-
enacted as follows:

§ 8-157. (a) A circuit, corporation or city court wherein a suit,
motion, or other civil proceeding is pending, or the judge thereof in va-
cation, may, on motion by any party, after twenty days’ notice to the
adverse party or his attorney, and for good cause shown, order any suit,
motion, or other civil proceeding pending therein, to be removed to any
other court having jurisdiction of the subject matter.

(b) A circuit court wherein a suit, motion, or other civil proceeding
1s pending, or the judge thereof in vacation, may, on motion by, or with
the consent of, all parties thereto, order any suit, motion or other civil
proceeding pending therein to be removed to any other court of record
within the same judicial circuit, such removal to be subject to approval of
the court to which the removal is sought.

§ 8-158. If the judge of any circuit, city, or corporation court in
which a suit, motion, or other civil proceeding is pending, is so situated
as to render it improper in his opinion for him to decide such case or
preside at the trial thereof, such court or the judge thereof in vacation,
may, without motion or notice, order the case to be removed to any court
to which it might be removed, on motion and notice, under subsection (a)
of the preceding section.

2. An emergency exists and this act is in force from its passage.