What interest and right plaintiff must have

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Virginia Code › Title 8.01 › Chapter 3 › Article 14 › Section 8.01-132

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No person shall bring such ejectment action unless he has, at the time of commencing it, a subsisting interest in the premises claimed and a right to recover the same, or to recover the possession thereof, or some share, interest or portion thereof.

Code 1950, § 8-799; 1977, c. 617.

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