Shepherd v. Darling
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Elizabeth. City county. Decree for the defendants. Complainant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtKelly, J.
The record in this cause embraces more than eight hundred printed pages. The case has been well argued, both orally and in the briefs. We have given it careful consideration, and it must now suffice to state briefly the essential facts as we find them and the principles of law governing the same.
In the year 1888, W. N. Armstrong, J. S. Darling, G. A. Schmelz, Geo. S. Schermerhom and James McMenamin obtained a charter of incorporation for the Powhatan Oyster Company with the purpose of acquiring oyster grounds and buying, planting and selling oysters. It appears that this company took charge…
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