Blake v. Marshall

The appellants, who hold certain oyster grounds in York river under assignments or leases from the Commonwealth, upon which they had planted oysters, filed their bill against the appellees, who are oyster, tongers duly licensed under Code 1919, section 3242, as amended Acts Extra Session 1927, chapter 223, to take or catch oysters or clams during the prescribed season from the natural oyster rocks, beds, or shoals, of the Commonwealth.

The bill, after describing the grounds covered by their leases, alleges:

“(2) That your said complainants have been for. years legally occupying the said ground…