City of Roanoke v. Blair
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from the Corporation Court of the city of Roanoke. Decree for complainant. Defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
The appellee instituted this suit to subject certain lots to the payment of a judgment which she alleged was a lien thereon.
It is conceded that, if the lots were embraced within the corporate limits of the city of Roanoke, as defined by an act approved February 3, 1882, (Acts 1881-2, Ch. 57, p. 52), they are not subject to the lien of the appellee’s judgment. The first question, therefore, to be considered is whether or not the lots were within the city limits as defined by that act.
The boundary line of the city nearest the lots in question is described as follows in the act: “Thence with…
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