venue or jurisdiction. § 8-34 was judicially construed by the Virginia Supreme Court in Jones v. Morris Plan Bank,7 where the plain- 'See generally Annot, 6 AL.R3d 1043, 1(146 (1966); 54 C.JS. Limitations of Actions S 287 (194S)- a Burnett v. New York Cent. R.R, 380 US. 424, 431-32 n.9 (1965) (this ca